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M-Mary:

"I wanted to know you Chrno."

Chrno sat up in his bed, clenching the thin sheets beneath him as tightly as he could. His breath left him faster then he could recover, and before long he felt himself growing more and more lightheaded. His right hand left the sheets and clenched his sweating forehead as a burning sensation tingled right behind his eyes.

Mary. Why another dream about Mary? Lately his dreams had been filled with nothing but images of the woman who he had lost so long ago, dreams that always ended the same way: she would bleed from her stomach, then fall to the ground, slowly moving her mouth in a motion that he could not understand. Why?

"And I don't want to die anymore."

Chrno leaned forward, his left arm clenching his stomach while his right clung to his forehead.

Mary. She was the one who drew him from the darkness and showed him that there was a life outside of fighting for Aion; that there was a life for him in places that he never knew existed. With her, Chrno knew that he could live a life that did not revolve around being a demon, Sinner, human, or whatever label he decided to give himself at the moment. He had to live for himself and no one else.

Her teachings, now that he thought about it, were almost like the lessons Rosette had taught him.

In his many years of living, Chrno knew that he would never compare Rosette against Mary, but there were times where he couldn't help but wonder why the two were so much alike. Was it just an accident that he ended up with a woman who was the exact opposite of Mary? A woman who was strong and—

Chrno shook his head, clearing his thoughts. Mary was nothing like Rosette, and vice versa. Though there were small similarities, the two would, most likely, never get along if they were ever to meet.

But why the dreams? Why in his dreams did he envision the both of them?

The two were strong, that he would give to either one of them but they were strong in their own ways. Rosette had been taught never to give up, and from that came her deep instinct to carry on no matter what happened. Mary, on the other hand, never gave up because she didn't have any other choice, she had to keep fighting, her visions would never leave her no matter how much she wished them to. In the long run the two blondes came out with brutal willpower, but the way they earned it made them so different.

So would he love one over the other?

Never.

Two different people deserved to be loved in two different ways. And no matter what he said, now was the time to love Rosette. For Rosette was the blonde standing before him, sturdy and willing to take on the next challenge.

And he would love her.

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