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[It was kind of an excuse to kiss Setsuna and pretend 'it's tradition' but it gave her a chance to see how it felt, how it felt to build up to it, to want it. She hadn't actually thought the elegant woman had appreciated her flirtations at fist. She'd been a little concerned that she'd overstepped when they first met, so this was ... surprising.

A thin chuckle and her hand went up to brush at a cheek while she closed her eyes.]

That's the first time I've been accused of being young and impulsive in a few years. I kind of like it.

[It was true that at first she hadn't been certain how to handle Vira's flirtations, and had been reminded of Haruka. But over time she'd realized just how much they were a part of the other showing that she cared, and they had grown on her.]

That doesn't make it any less true. And I'm not the only one that thinks so.

[She laughed brightly, finding in the thought that Setsuna thought she was young at heart a bit of comfort. Sometimes she felt so old. She didn't really think she'd find anyone but the Doctor who felt that way, and somehow he was different.]

You, my dear, have been talking to Reaper I see! [She winked] I know he accuses me of it from time to time.

[And as they talked, it started dawn on her while her foot rested beside Pluto's... the senshi was never informal She didn't get to let her hair down, ever.]

I suppose what they say is true, mmm? We are only as old as we feel.

I have, we spoke briefly earlier in the month. After you had come over.

[She'd asked him to keep an eye on Vira, to ensure that she was alright. The was no guilt or shame in it as she continues to smile as Vira winked. Granted the other had not seemed entirely pleased with the fact that Setsuna knew to think well of him even a bit.]

The way we act and feel certainly plays a role in it yes.

[Age wasn't really much of a concern when millennia were concerned.]

But tonight you also have a youthful glow as well. And it's good to see you smile so brightly.

Ahhhh, I see. [She did snicker. So, he was keeping an eye on her through friends? Yeah, she'd buy that.] One day, that old buzzard will realize he still has a heart beating somewhere deep in his chest. I'm sure he'll growl at the both of us on that day.

Mmm. It's... good to spend time with someone you care about, and a private meeting is better than those parties anyway. It just sort of lets me focus, not have to worry about appearances, though you do look lovely tonight. I really should have said that sooner.

Thank you.

[Setsuna tucked a strand of hair back behind her ear at the compliment, not having really expected it just then. She had taken the time to dress up a little, in hopes of the best occurring, and while it hadn't gone ideally it had progressed and where they both stood had been made clear.]

I prefer smaller gatherings as well. With large parties, there's just too much noise and too many people to focus on so something is going to be missed or someone is going to be left to their own devices.

I'm not sure this conversation would have gone quite as well with a crowd either.

It would have been painfully awkward. I... think you would have had to confess to me right was the ball dropped. I can say from experience that a confession right before the New Year's kiss can be 'quite' the passionate moment but it almost always goes disastrously.

[Yep, definitely she knew that from experience.]

Here... we have time to just absorb each other, to take our time with it. May I ask, Setsuna? When you look at me.

...

What do you hope for?

I agree, but with all that has taken place and the events earlier in the month. I most likely would have waited until we could have been in private like now to have the conversation. Though I might have still tried for a New Year's kiss.

[Having a proper conversation was better than simply throwing it out there, there was a lot to process, to think about, and weigh. This certainly wasn't something that could be rushed, not when Vira was still recovering from a previous confession of her own.]

To continue to get to know you, about every aspect of you, and to let you know about me. For companionship in all of its various forms, and something a little more. I haven't looked much beyond that, because I wasn't entirely certain how you would feel about it, and whether there was a reason to.

[She and Makoto could not be more different, Vira-Lorr decided. Makoto could be ruled by her passions so easily, and Setsuna was the calm, collected master of them.]

That sounds like you. Your passion is always there, but it's controlled, restrained. You seem like the sort who would want to be careful, measured about something like this. To get it just right, to be sure.

[There was a tiny part of her who wanted to see what it might be like if it were uncoiled, let loose without limits. Setsuna had held it back for so long. Would it consume her? Or had he forged herself like fine steel that even unleashed, her passion would still be restrained.]

No matter what, I want to know you better as well. I think... perhaps I'd like to take you to the Great Sleep sometime. I'd like to show you my world, my past. Besides just photographs.

Acting appropriately and doing things at the proper time can make be important.

[She didn't look down on others for being passionate and feeling like they did, but being logical and keeping a level head and analyzing everything was an important role. It was a responsibility that Setsuna bore due to her position, and in the absence of Mercury was one she needed to fill as well. Her duty would forever keep her from fully acting unrestrained.]

That could be done, sometime soon we'll have to arrange a time that we could do that.

It wouldn't be so difficult. We'd just have to go to sleep and brave the sandstorm. I have little doubt we can handle ourselves in that, if you can tolerate my driving.

[She was a menace, and the only real reason it was ok in the Great Sleep was that she was able to drive without anyone else on the road to crash into.]

I... would very much like you to know more about me, not simply the things I tell you. And we could think of it as a good way to charge your coins if you haven't. But really...

That's not why I want to do this. Here? I can do something I could never do at home to help you understand me. And vice versa.

I can drive if needed.

[She wasn't quite as skilled as Haruka, but Setsuna had driven enough that she was adequate at it even in harsher conditions.]

I would like to have the chance to learn more about you and where you're from as well. And for you to have the chance to better understand me and our universe. And you're right that it is something unique here that can allow us to get a far deeper understanding and knowledge of each other.

Well then, isn't that the win win situation right there? Perfect. You can do the driving and I can fend off the worm if we take the roads. We'll be fine.

[She was just glad not to be driving. The worms weren't that much of a problem.]

A chance to learn a secret or two about each other. It's never quite the same to talk about it as to see it third hand in a way, is it?

It sounds like a decent plan. Though what opposition can we expect from the worm in the dream?

[The risks were something to certainly be weighed against the gain.]

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