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[placation]

[ Eren does, only ever in private. He's been thinking there are others who should too, but... ]

Back in my true reality, I wasn't close enough with anyone for that. The last person to call me by my given name was my fiancée.

I am close enough with people here, but... somehow it still feels strange to ask.

[laserhawk]

That's fair.

[ he's not put off, just curious. ]

It's why I used to prefer Laserhawk.

[placation]

What made you change your mind?

[laserhawk]

[ a pause. ]

I didn't always have the right to use my name. It used to be UBSFY-86. My name's probably the only real thing about me. It's the only thing I remember.

In Eden, it doesn't mean anything. Just a terrorist name. But here, it matters. It is the true me.

[placation]

[ He didn't know that about Dolph. Nothing more than a serial number... ]

That makes perfect sense.

You get to decide who Dolph Laserhawk is. You get to be yourself, fully and truly.

[laserhawk]

As much as I can be.

[placation]

Perhaps I'm biased, but in my mind, there's nothing you can't do.

You're more Dolph than ever before, aren't you?

[laserhawk]

I hope so.

It's not something I can prove.

[placation]

Then it's not something that can be disproven, either.

The truth is what you make of it.

[laserhawk]

That sounds nice.

Maybe someday I'll feel that way. A true self, all over.

[placation]

I believe you will.

[ A lengthy pause between the messages, and then: ]

Would you want to call me by my given name?

[laserhawk]

I mean. It'd be nice but it's really your call more than mine.

[placation]

There are people I want to be able to call me Takuto, if they'd like. You're one of them. It's just hard to ask for, like I said.

But... if you ever feel like it, you can.

But if it's too weird, I understand too.

[laserhawk]

It's not weird. It's your name.

It should be heard.

[placation]

You can imagine why I would have disagreed before.

But while I'm here, I should open myself up to it. I'm realizing that.

[laserhawk]

[ the last person who said his name was sarah fisher. the person who killed him. he hated that. he hated all of it.

when the time comes, he hopes it'll be different. he really . . . wants it to be. ]

Like with Akechi, I just want to make sure I can hold all of you. That's all.

[placation]

You can. I want you to.

[laserhawk]

Then I will.