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Mot relaxed. One of his worries had been addressed. "You're right. She might kill me if she knew I fought you first." Hel was weird like that. But after all the fuss he made about not fighting ghouls, he owed her that much.

"Okay, so altering that plan. I need to be mentally ready before I can even try and fight you." Mot frowned then. "Honestly, fighting anyone anymore is a tiring thought." He was no fighter. He'd always known that. He hated to do it. Especially a real battle. His first real, horrifying battle engraved that fact.

Summoning his weapon against a friend, against a ghoul. Purposely pulling the trigger on Lizzy, it was not something he felt he could do. But.. she asked..

"Um.. did I wake you?" Mot asked suddenly. "You didn't answer right away when i came over.."

He didn't flinch as Lizzy moved to pet his hair. Somehow with her he had become slightly accustomed to it. It even felt nice, though his heart once again began making uncomfortable drum solos in his chest. He really needed to get that checked out, or he would if he didn't hate seeing doctors.
"I feel the same way." If it was to protect those he cherished, then it made the fight worth while. A fight with no meaning was just senseless violence. "So, a duel.. it's more like training."

Lizzy made Mot nearly die inside. Avoid him? On purpose? Why.. why would she do that? His heart clenched tightly, as if it was choking. Her reasoning made sense, yet it didn't.
"N-no!" Mot pleased suddenly, looking absolutely disturbed. "Don't avoid me! I'd hate that! Hate it.. How would you feel If I did..." Wait.. maybe she.. did want to keep him at bay. Maybe if he didn't see her.. maybe she wanted it that way. She didn't like him the way she liked Mac. But.. she said he made her happy. She said so herself. "If I avoided you, you wouldn't feel happy, right? That hurts, Lizzy.."

"Hel.. she gets upset over things like that. I don't know why she was mad at me for paying attention to you, but don't take that as a reason to avoid me. Please don't even think it."

Mot smiled again, or maybe he just never stopped smiling. "I don't mind." Being vulnerable to Lizzy's so called hair petting attack, he kind of liked the idea.
"Ah.. it is. It grows like a weed." Mot noted, also tweaking a few strands that seemed to fall over his eyes completely. "I don't know if I want to cut it though."

Lizzy seemed hurt, regretting what she did, and Mot felt badly for having to make her feel that way. However, if it meant she wouldn't avoid him then perhaps it was needed. "Sorry, no.. I was just a little upset at the time. I didn't mean to hurt you." Hel had hurt his feelings at the time, as she managed to do a number of times on the trip.

"Talk to her?" Mot asked curiously. Her feelings? As far as Mot could tell, the only thing Hel knew was battle, honor and jerky. "I don't get it."

Lizzy likes long hair... She thinks he looks good with long hair... Mot is keeping the mother ******** hair long. The reaper nodded, a little drunk off of the compliments he'd been given. Lizzy always made him feel so good. He wanted to make her feel just as good.

The hair petting got a bit too intimate for him, as Lizzy moved forward and hugged him. At first he couldn't bring himself to lift a finger, barely hearing what she said over the sound of his blood pumping through his madly beating heart. He'd always wondered why Lizzy made him feel that way, but after all that Hel had said to him, he was beginning to understand.

Yet, here she was telling him to talk to Hel like he talked to Lizzy. No, he couldn't. He wasn't sure if his friendship with Hel was the same. No, it wasn't.
But she is a ghoul. A fact Mot tended to forget with all her talk of honor and training. "Emotional? Yeah, she certainly is." One minute Hel would be happy, then suddenly she was a raging lunatic. He didn't really understand her sometimes. He still didn't understand why Lizzy seemed so focused on this.

"Fine, but do we have to talk about Hel? I came here to check on you." He frowned, finally patting her arms. "You went through a lot."

"Emotional," She released him from the hug enough to sit back, putting some distance between them, "So just try to sit down with her and talk about her feelings... Maybe if you understand her a little better, you would understand why she blew up the way she did." That was why Lizzy couldn't bring herself to be upset at Hel for the way she treated such a close friend of hers - for yelling hurtful things at Mot when she thought of him as the sort of person who would care for others.

Besides, they've known each other for a while... They got along really well and if she was as important to him as he was to her, then... If Mot spoke to Hel, perhaps the reaper would understand that too.

"Aw..." She smiled, blushing a little at his words, "And I really appreciate you coming! All of us went through a lot though... It wasn't only me... And I'm sorry," She sighed, her expression sheepish, "I'm been worried... I didn't want Hel to be upset at you... Or me."

"Yay!" She cheered; Mot had never lied to her before - with a few minor exceptions she saw through anyway - so she was counting on him to go talk to Hel whenever he felt ready; she had a feeling that it wasn't going to be easy.

"You did!" She chuckled lightly, smiling fondly before shaking her head, "I'm not as kind as you think I am! I do worry... About myself, I mean. It's just so much easier to worry about others when they're right there... And Mot! I talk to you all the time! Other than Tess, Amrita and Mac, you're probably the one who I go to whenever I need someone to talk to." Like when Mac first kissed her and she indirectly asked Mot for advice.

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Meanwhile, Rosenthal was on his way back to his room when he spotted a familiar reaper outside the door. While he would have don't something like claw at his face in the past, he was a changed minipet now.

... Okay, not really, but Mac had proved to make Lizzy happy, which meant that Rosenthal was actually starting to get used to seeing the boil around his owner. Besides, he did spend a day at his place while Lizzy was away the past week.

Landing on Mac's shoulder, he glanced down at the flowers - why Lizzy always looked so delighted when she receive flowers he would never understand; you can't even make a meal out of them! - before looking at the boil, pawing at his cheek in a 'What are you waiting for? Go in!' way.

"And you give me too much credit," She smiled, raising an eyebrow before ruffling his hair, "So it balances out... And you're one of the nicest people I know. You're sweet and nice, and reliable." She almost added 'that's why Hel likes you' but bit it back before it left her lips, "I'm sorry I made you worry."

She was also sorry for thinking that he had abandoned her that day. He would never do that!

"Well... I don't think you can do anything about the nightmares," She looked sheepish, and Mot would notice that she looked tired, like she hadn't been sleeping very well at all the past week, "I welcome all hugs though!" She giggled, opening up her arms.