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"Oh now isn't this sweet, a sister sitting at her brother's sickbed" she did not look up, treating the arrival of this recent "nuisance" as nothing more than a gnat buzzing around the ear. True, it was not like she could do anything against this creature but, sometimes the most impactful of actions could be taken without the need to raise a sword of swing a fist.
The other entity chuckled.
"Not in talking mood huh, well I suppose you have a lot on your mind at the moment given Cosmos little.... predicament" he floated to the other side of the bed, staring down at the slumbering Cosmos with an unreadable expression before letting out a soft chuckle "Then again not talking to Cosmos seems to be your default setting when your not being oh.... what was your wording for it?" he tapped at his chin "Spiteful, sarcastic, Sassy? Yes that's the one" Terra did not flinch; refusing to be baited was one thing but, she was not about to invoke the ire of this monster blindly.
Titan giggled.
"Is it everything you ever wanted Terra?" he indicated the prone Cosmos "Granted Cosmos is still breathing but man is he suffering" he lightly tapped the side of Cosmos head "Locked away with all that guilt and despair" he tutted softly "Worse than any wound a war could ever inflict" he turned with a grin to Terra "You must be proud right?" Terra clenched her teeth "Your disgusting" she replied simply and flatly "Cosmos is my brother I would never...."
"Leave him in despair and go for a drink?" has if to add salt to the wound the mad creature had materialised a plastic cup, straw and all, and was slurping the pink substance lightly. He pulled the straw from his mouth "Or was it two drinks?" he shrugged, smile never leaving his face has Terra stepped back as if he were holding a venomous snake ready to strike instead of a simple strawberry drink.
"You... it wasn't I..." Titan but in with a chuckle "You know its funny, Moon, Sun and even Cosmos think your this saint of Empathy even after you gave up the whole "Therapist" gig but, I wonder what they would think if they knew about what you did... or did not do last year hmm?" Terra managed to find her voice even if it was a frightened, disbelieving whisper "How?" Titan chuckled "What, you thought I could just read Cosmos mind because we come from the same metaphorical stock?" he tapped his head "Granted Cosmos is pretty much an open book but you.... such dirty little secrets you hide in the open" he ran a finger along Cosmos sheets.
"You could not hide your excitement when he finally told Sun and Moon about the Astrals grand decree of his fate... hell you did not wait five seconds to blurt it out" he looked at her with a coy smile "I bet Sun and Moon thought you were just being sisterly, wanted him to prove himself like the rest of them" he floated forward, a dark Spector spitting out her darkest thoughts with a twisted smile "Never guessing that deep down you wanted the worst for him, perhaps not to die but, at the very least, suffer some great wound to rival your own".
Terra sneered; outrage at the accusation dousing the fear "If this is some way to get entertainment its a poor act I would never..." Titan laughed.
"What never think bad thoughts? Have dark and secret dreams of revenge and spite? Please Terra, your an Earth and, we both know the man who made you was no saint" Titan might has well have slapped her with the indirect mention of her father. He pressed the attack "True Moon was made to be the vicious one but with you.... well I think we both know what you got from him and it certainly was not that winning personality" he indicated the patient "Poor Cosmos is just the latest victim of that pride and hubris of yours"
It sounded deranged, the rantings of a mind that long decided that sanity was a word to rip out of the dictionary and burn but, at the same time, a small frightened part of Terra was screaming the frighteningly obvious.
If he was wrong why was she not defending herself?
"I mean, honestly Terra, you talk about wanting a quite, "perfect" little life but, at the same time you want what all Earth's want deep down" he had drifted up into her face "To be l... no not loved that's to sappy" he said those words with a bitterness that was swallowed by a demented grin "No, what you want is what your dear old dad wanted in his own twisted way, to be admired and adored by all the world" despite herself Terra found her body lashing out to strike this demented little ghoul.
Has if striking him down would silence these cruel truths.
Titan ignored the attempted strike, body dodging as if in a dance "Oh, struck a nerve did I?" "Your wrong, I'm not my father I would never hurt anyone on purpose" at that Titan laughed loudly as if Terra had told a very good joke "Not.... not hurt.... oh man that's rich given the hell you put Cosmos through and for what?" he looked her up and down "He was a kid who was handed the mother of all handguns and you did not think something bad might happen?" he turned to drift back to Cosmos side " He could have just as easily have injured anyone in the house or hell even himself thanks to Rez's tricks" he shook his head "And, yet, in all his time, after everything he had been through with the Astrals, the Overseer and Solar.... you still hold it over him still refuse to...."
"Its my choice!" she had wanted to scream but it came out as a whimper.
Titan nodded looking almost sagely "Yes, yes it is and in all this time, when he was suffering, begging in his heart of hearts for someone to help to see that pain you walk away and turn a blind eye to it all" he almost sounded disappointed. "He... Cosmos never said anything to...." Titan let out an audible sigh "Frick its like talking to a bunch of blind children" he spun on his heal "You would think a bunch of caretakers could understand what all this teasing and borderline bullying will do to a person" he looked back at Cosmos "Especially such a fragile little child ruled by a bit of code that a version of your, best friend I might add stuffed into his skull" again the metaphorical strike cut worse than a blade.
Titan chuckled again.
"Oh yes, your little Eclipse is not Cosmos Eclipse but, take it from a guy who's seen in his head it still cuts him deep that you adore him and flaunt him the way you do" another shrug "But, then again I suppose unlike Nexus and Cosmos, this Eclipse never "hurt" you" he drifted back again "You love your little "projects" but, again only if they work out for you and make you look good" he chuckled again "I mean sure Eclipse is well.... he's an ass no matter what iteration but, you sure love rubbing it in how how you tamed that lion" he chuckled darkly "But, the other two.... wash your hands of them the moment they show their teeth or scratch you up" he shook his head again before looking back to Cosmos.
"And you wonder why he never told you anything?"
He was gone before Terra could answer.
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