[She rubs a few tear tracks off her cheeks, sniffing, before she just nods. There isn't any verbal agreement, she doesn't trust her voice, but it's clear from her expression that she wants him to go on.]
[There's a pause, while she rubs some of the remaining tears off her face. They're slowing up little by little, especially when she glances his way with a new kind of realization.
It's still watery (not to mention how congested she sounds), but:]
[It takes her a while to connect that 'we' to the implied meaning, but when she realizes... The look on her face speaks for itself. She turns towards him for the first time in minutes to make eye contact, horrified and shocked.]
I was shocked when I heard Uchiha-san's reason for going after Misaki-san, all those weeks ago. And then it seemed... there might be a few of us here like that, after all.
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But her fear, her pain over thinking her brother might hate her for forcing his hand against a choice he already made--
It's all he can think of, even if it means she might not get him back. ]
What if you wished for the power to give him a choice to return? Wherever he is now... I'm certain the gods could reach him.
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It's still watery (not to mention how congested she sounds), but:]
Do you think they'd let me?
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[ He sounds certain. ]
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I'll have to think about it. Sorry, I'm...
[A mess. Anyways... That's enough about her, she decides.]
Can I ask who yours were...?
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[ firm, and he gives her a brief squeeze. ]
... my friends, you mean?
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Yeah.
[The 'only if you want to' is unspoken, but present nonetheless.]
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Yosuke, Chie, Yukiko... Teddie, Kanji, Naoto... and Rise, of course.
[ A faint smile, fond and nostalgic. ]
They used to tell me I'd helped them change... but really, I was the one who was changed, in the end.
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And they all...?
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[ ... he shakes his head. ]
We didn't win.
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...What?
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I was shocked when I heard Uchiha-san's reason for going after Misaki-san, all those weeks ago. And then it seemed... there might be a few of us here like that, after all.
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[It's panicked, even as she tries not to let the sheer force of her fear seep through.]
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[ He hears the panic and he shuts his eyes briefly before he ducks his head so he can look at her better. ]
... it'll be alright.
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How can you know that?
can't believe i have to shove you into this furnace.
i crawl out of the furnace and embrace you, setting us both ablaze
Okay. I trust you.