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[Vincent also received a "prize" from the festivities, and can presently be seen in his apartment just... starting at it. What IS this horrible (and now completely useless) prize? ...It's his coffin. :| Not exactly anything he wanted to be reminded of, or a time he's ever intended to return to. It's also missing the lid, so even if he wanted to angst a few decades away inside it, there would be no way.]

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[Srsly.]

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Why is there a coffin in my apartment?

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[Vincent is standing nearby, quietly staring at it. Looks at Lucrecia when she asks that.]

A prize, from the Malnosso.

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[Staring. Staring.]

What. And why did they give you a coffin of all things to be put into my apartment for?

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I'm... not sure how to explain this...

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[The staring at the coffin turns into staring at HIM.]

You have an explanation, then?

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As their version of a 'reward'... the Malnosso gave many of us useless items from home.

[Yes, he is very aware that this doesn't quite explain the burning question of "why a COFFIN of all things?"]

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[Hey, he'll even get to HEAR IT.]

And why a coffin out of all the useless things they could have given you?

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It once held meaning.

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Meaning. How does a coffin hold meaning, now?

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Unless it's over Grimoire...?

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It's not my father's...

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[Oh. Well. That's good.]

Then whose?

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[Longest most awkward pause of awkward and angst EVER]

[...But he can't lie to Lucrecia this time. He knows she'll keep after him until the truth is told.]

Mine.

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[MAYBE. :| ...yeah ok probably.]

...you're not serious. [pfffft, when isn't he serious? Has Vincent Valentine EVER been known to joke? Yeah no.]

Vincent, coffins are for those who have passed, and you're clearly alive, how is it that it's yours?

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...I slept in it for nearly three decades.

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Y-you did what? How did you- why did-

[Congratulations, Vincent Valentine! You have done something that is usually not easy to do: Stun Lucrecia into stupor.]

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To atone.

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Atone? Atone for what?

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My sins.

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[While the shock is totally still there, it is now a mix of shock AND a frown.]

Vincent...

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I...

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You...?

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I... atoned for the sin of not saving you.

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[STARE. B|-face. What.]

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For a long time... I believed myself the only one to blame for what happened... [Trails off, looks down angstily.] I now know that Hojo was largely responsible, but... in some respects I will always blame myself.