[ Voice ]

[bydesign]

[ Madoka's voice comes over the journal singing!! ]

Happy birthday to me~! Happy birthday to me~!

Happy birthday [ ........ nope too shy to go on. She cuts herself off with giggles at and is almost audibly covering her face. She still sounds pretty pleased though; ] Ah, never mind, forget that! It's too embarrassing!

But, back when everyone was still at Isla Empieza, did anyone see somewhere that might have cake? Just a small one would be fine...

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[ written ]

[deathsought]

[ He's patient. He can wait. ]

Just as long as he knows the risks.

[ written ]

[bydesign]

I wonder if his luck is good enough to keep him safe. I don't really know how it works at all...

[ written ]

[deathsought]

I think it would take more than luck.

[ Or at least, a ton of luck. ]

[ written ]

[bydesign]

I think so too, but I don't know enough to say for certain.

[ written ]

[deathsought]

Is there no way your magic could keep him safe from mine?

[ written ]

[bydesign]

My magic? Did I say something like that?

[ written ]

[deathsought]

Oh. I see. Perhaps I just assumed you were like Mami and Homura.

My mistake.

[ written ]

[bydesign]

I am and I'm not.

It wasn't very hard to guess, huh?

[ written ]

[deathsought]

Not really, no. Most people who approach me while knowing full well who I am and what I'm capable of either have less than good intentions, or a death wish. But there have always been a few who knew they would be safe, or weren't afraid for another reason.

[ written ]

[bydesign]

I hope we meet more of the latter while you're here.

[ written ]

[deathsought]

If not, it won't matter. I'm used to being alone by now.

[ written ]

[bydesign]

Being used to something is different from being happy.

[ written ]

[deathsought]

[ Zeref falls silent for a few moments. It would take him weeks to tell the full story, and she likely wouldn't want to hear it anyway. His eyes lower, and he's forced to blink back a few tears. ]

No. [ He conceded, quietly. ] But it's too late for that. At least, it is in my own world.

[ written ]

[bydesign]

That's not where we are.

[ written ]

[deathsought]

I haven't seen how much of a difference that will make, yet.

[ written ]

[bydesign]

That's probably because you aren't looking for differences.

[ written ]

[deathsought]

I've only noticed so far that there are a lot less people in this world who are capable of using magic.

[ But for the most part, yes, she's right, he hasn't. ]

[ written ]

[bydesign]

Is it common in your world?

[ written ]

[deathsought]

Only about one tenth of the world's population.

[ Even if the series focuses only on the mages so much that it would give the impression otherwise. ]

[ written ]

[bydesign]

That's still a lot of people!

[ written ]

[deathsought]

It isn't that high in your world?

[ written ]

[bydesign]

It's uncommon for there to be more than a handful of magical girls in one city, so the ratios are pretty different.

[ written ]

[deathsought]

Homura mentioned something about 'contracts.'

[ written ]

[bydesign]

We become magical girls in exchange for a wish. That's the contract.

[ written ]

[deathsought]

What kind of a wish?

[ A wish granted, AND power? No way there's no catch. ]