[it isn't by design, believe it or not. it can't be by design. chaos strives to live from moment to moment, making plans for nothing more, because that's so much simpler than thinking about what's going to happen next. it can be overwhelming to worry about that kind of thing. it can make him feel like he's drowning on thin air. that's why, a while ago, he asked Wilhelm if he'd just stop with all of this, if he'd put a stop to his own complex designs... if he'd surrender to fate along with chaos. he asked Wilhelm if he'd give up on forever already. they'd have a finite number of years together--a finite number of long nights over tea, together--and that would be that. and that would be enough for the both of them.
of course the question didn't anger Wilhelm, but the response was not a wholly positive one, either. that's why chaos hasn't spoken to Wilhelm in about nine hundred and twenty-five days, give or take.]
well, that depends. i wouldn't want to intrude on you without an actual invitation.
[no matter the futility of it, there are times when chaos wants to be given more than a benevolent-sounding choice between two states of being. asking chaos what he intends to do tells him nothing about what Wilhelm would prefer him to do. that doesn't mean he's going to do what Wilhelm prefers, but it'd nice to know what that preference might be. it'd be nice to feel like someone is expecting him somewhere, that's all. it'd be nice if someone genuinely wanted to see him.]
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of course the question didn't anger Wilhelm, but the response was not a wholly positive one, either. that's why chaos hasn't spoken to Wilhelm in about nine hundred and twenty-five days, give or take.]
well, that depends. i wouldn't want to intrude on you without an actual invitation.
[no matter the futility of it, there are times when chaos wants to be given more than a benevolent-sounding choice between two states of being. asking chaos what he intends to do tells him nothing about what Wilhelm would prefer him to do. that doesn't mean he's going to do what Wilhelm prefers, but it'd nice to know what that preference might be. it'd be nice to feel like someone is expecting him somewhere, that's all. it'd be nice if someone genuinely wanted to see him.]