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[freetobe]

You wouldn't see much for very long. We both know I would eradicate you, boy.

[ That's a challenge Castiel could rise to. He shakes his head, lips curled into a small smirk. ]

[evulsed]

[ He actually laughs, a huff of a sound that makes him wince when it yanks on his ribs. There are no witnesses, though, so it's fine. ]

Go on, underestimate me. You'll get what's coming to you.

[freetobe]

Of that I have no doubt. I do believe we'll have to postpone until your wounds have healed. I wouldn't dare rob you of the illusion of chance, after all.

[evulsed]

I'll remember this, lightbearer.

[ But he's right. As he is, Vanitas wouldn't have a ghost of a chance. ]

[freetobe]

You're welcome to, but do humour me. How is your healing process coming along? Riku seemed frustrated at not managing to speed the process along.

[evulsed]

Curaga should work right away, that's why.

Magic doesn't work right in this place.

[ Then, after a pause that somehow manages to be awkward even over text: ]

It's fine. I've had worse.

[freetobe]

[ Castiel can relate to that. ]

How did you find yourself on the shore? Bruce mentioned you would not usually seek out water on your own.

[evulsed]

[ He feels a spike of frustration at Bruce for revealing the one secret he keeps so closely guarded, but fatigue keeps him from getting really worked up about it just yet. He'll talk to that guy later. ]

Chance.

It's where my Corridor ended as I fled.

[freetobe]

Corridor? I'm assuming you encountered hostile spirits, then?

[evulsed]

Corridors of Darkness I can use to travel.

Yes. They stopped me from getting to the other side.

[freetobe]

Where did you attempt to go?

[evulsed]

The other side of the lake, where they shot down the World Eater.

[freetobe]

It seems this world does much to limit our movement. I cannot fly so much as beyond the tree tops.

What did you encounter, exactly?

[evulsed]

Spirits with too many arms.

[ He's never seen a squid before, he doesn't know that's what they looked like. ]

[freetobe]

Judging by your wounds, I'm assuming it wouldn't be enough to merely take some backup and attempt to do the same again.

[evulsed]

None if you can travel the way I do. The Darkness will corrupt you going that far.

You'd be of no help to me.

[freetobe]

I see.

How does that work, exactly? The corruption of Darkness.

[ He's done his fair share of corrupting himself. ]

[evulsed]

Almost everyone has that Darkness in them. Someone like you shouldn't... but you've already been corrupted by it.

[ As much as that's surprised him. ]

It will take you over and turn you into a monster.

And not like those Leviathans of yours.

This Darkness will grow on what you have and eat your Heart.

[freetobe]

[ It feels like something cold has run down the back of his neck and along his spine. For a moment, Castiel can't hear anything over the static of his own mind.

He lowers the tablet. Doesn't want to respond, but at the same time... he knows he has to. ]

You found an opal

[evulsed]

That's right.

[ And a few weeks ago, he would have nastily driven that point home. ]

[freetobe]

[ That thought also lingers on Castiel's mind. Vanitas has been searching for ways to hurt him.

Perhaps he didn't see enough.

Perhaps...

Hm. ]

What did you see?

[evulsed]

[ What did he see? He saw the agreement, how desperate Castiel was to do something, every awful thing those creatures did, eating him alive from the inside out. The festering of the darkness Castiel holds inside him, underneath the shocking brilliance of all that Light. Strangely, Vanitas could resonate with a lot of the things he'd said. A lot of it sounded familiar to his own Master. ]

Everything.

[freetobe]

You haven't weaponized this knowledge against me.

[ Yet. Though truth be told there's little Vanitas could say that Castiel hasn't already tortured himself with.

There's a reason why he wanted to stay in Purgatory, to be hunted and flayed by the Leviathans.

There's a reason why he didn't want to return to Heaven to face the ruin he made of it.

There's a reason why he travelled the world trying to answer prayers and give and give and give of himself before Naomi took his choices away. ]

[evulsed]

[ Vanitas smirks, despite himself. ]

I've been busy.

Don't worry, you'll get your turn.

[freetobe]

I'll be waiting.

Make sure you no longer blow over like a leaf by the time you attempt to deliver on your empty promises, Vanitas.

[ Never let it be said that Castiel doesn't know how to goad. ]