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[ He's kind of just like that. Sorry buddy. He is also oblivious to any indication that it might have gone unappreciated, and merely nods. ] I hope that suffices.

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— 𝙕𝘌𝘕. @footstepsoftime.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

] "hey what's your name" idk i can give you three paragraphs

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— 𝙕𝘌𝘕. @footstepsoftime.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Humans have many names for Death. More specifically, the passage of time, which devours and destroys all eventually. Chronos. Shiva. The Nornir. The Moirae. The Parcae. ... In this form, however, you may call me Zen.

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— 𝙕𝘌𝘕. @footstepsoftime.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

... I apologize. I don't mean to keep steering the conversation back toward her.

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— 𝙕𝘌𝘕. @footstepsoftime.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Then, I assure you, you have nothing to worry about in my mere presence. If I were here to take you or another, the circumstances would be quite different—as would I.

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— 𝙕𝘌𝘕. @footstepsoftime.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

A... friend, of mine. That is, she... was.

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— 𝙕𝘌𝘕. @footstepsoftime.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

...? [ Head tilt again. ] I'm sorry? Like what?

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— 𝙕𝘌𝘕. @footstepsoftime.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

] he's gay for that girl. don't ask me how it just isn't straight

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— 𝙕𝘌𝘕. @footstepsoftime.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

... It's how I chose her name, as well. Philei—beloved. She found it difficult to pronounce, and so it became Rei.

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— 𝙕𝘌𝘕. @footstepsoftime.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

... Perhaps there's no gift more precious than a name.

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— 𝙕𝘌𝘕. @footstepsoftime.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Ah. Me? Nothing in particular. My apologies for disrupting.

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— 𝙕𝘌𝘕. @footstepsoftime.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

... She asked me how to write it. "Zen", she said... "Because you're a good person."

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— 𝙕𝘌𝘕. @footstepsoftime.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

[ Blink. The point of that gesture is entirely lost on him but he doesn't point that out. ] I would expect as much. Most people fear death. Even those who seek it find fear in their eyes, when they realize it has come.

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— 𝙕𝘌𝘕. @footstepsoftime.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

... It comes from the Greek word, "zhn", which means... to live. Ironic, is it not?

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— 𝙕𝘌𝘕. @footstepsoftime.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

[ Staring back, from a slight distance. Definitely not creepy and weird to have a teenager with a foreboding aura lock eyes with you. ]

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— 𝙕𝘌𝘕. @footstepsoftime.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Not at all. It is more of a title than a name, but it is what I am. [ Zen's gaze flicks down to the offered hand. Uncertainly, he takes it... He does not know that he's supposed to shake it. ]

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— 𝙕𝘌𝘕. @footstepsoftime.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Ah... I see. The name I have been given is Zen.

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— 𝙕𝘌𝘕. @footstepsoftime.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Hm. [ His gaze is unreadable, the lower portion of his face covered by the spiked collar. ] In that case, you may refer to me as Death.

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— 𝙕𝘌𝘕. @footstepsoftime.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

No. I am not. But I have met quite a few of them in the recent past.

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— 𝙕𝘌𝘕. @footstepsoftime.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

That's correct. ... Please forgive me, I don't recall getting your name.

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— 𝙕𝘌𝘕. @footstepsoftime.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

] u got it boss ... lemme get on my puter

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— 𝙕𝘌𝘕. @footstepsoftime.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

] emulating is easy i played fes on my old ass shitty laptop

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— 𝙕𝘌𝘕. @footstepsoftime.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

] i'm gonna be so so honest with you man. i think you should play fes. reload is amazing of course but there's just. it's hard to put into words. in the process of adding and changing things it also lost certain very special things

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— 𝙕𝘌𝘕. @footstepsoftime.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

] WHAT THE FUCK . you should absolutely play pq though it's maybe my favorite or second favorite persona game . Please play p3 first though

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— 𝙕𝘌𝘕. @footstepsoftime.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

] not that it'd matter That much since zen isn't in persona q2 but . out of curiosity mostly

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