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My storeeain if the sword could see me nod, but there was only silence after that, so I just kept on walking

“The name’s Dustin, by the way You can call me Dust”

“Vanitas,” the sword said after a brief pause, as if it was trying to remember “Pleasure to meet you”

“Huh I thought you’d have a cooler naer”

The sword sighed “We’re only just starting to get along Maybe try to ith me here, be a little less of a twit”

“Oh Yeah Sorry”

There was a pause “I understand you’re new at your work”

“Yes Wait Youin this whole time?”

“Froues?”

“Good people,” I said “Prudence is super cool Bastion’s a pain I’m not sure why he doesn’t like me But I still have to admit, he’s not a terrible person Not completely”

The sword shifted against my chest It could nized, instinctively, that it was nodding

“And your work,” Vanitas continued “Retrieving artifacts like myself, is it? Do you enjoy what you do?”

“So far? Yeah I do I’ve been kind of ai time, you know? Never was sure what I would want to do for a living Lots of things I can do passably well, but nothing really heldwithto talk about I really did like what I was doing “But this? I have to think onhere that spreading e any” After a brief pause, I rushed to finish in a single breath “Also I get to break into places and steal stuff without getting into trouble”

I broke to consider everything I’d said, aware that it was all true Was Vanitas just easy to talk to? Was an enchanted sword really acting asa new friend? So much to process

Again, Vanitas just shifted against