shinobu

[preowned]

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[wisterin]

[ don't just blink? don't just say now will you surprise me after being taken away from some spiteful spirit?

tsurumaru??

she looks at him with alarm. she's still processing. ]

What happened after?

[preowned]

It worked out!

[ he gives her a thumbs up, and proceeds not to explain further. ]

[wisterin]

[ there is a flash of a few emotions. surprise before it's brushed away by the acknowledgement of how no, she shouldn't be surprised. it's expected that he'd brush it aside because of course he would.

it stings a little. in the face of a memory like that, does he really think she wouldn't care enough and let him toss it aside? she doesn't know if she's angrier or sadder by his answer. ]

That's not the kind of answer I want.

[preowned]

[ ...

well, some honesty can't hurt. ]

When I was brought to the camp, that was the last thing that happened to me back home.

[wisterin]

... All right.

[ she can accept that. it doesn't give her much relief, but she can accept it. ]

Will it truly work out once you go back?

[ she doesn't know if any time has passed for him since he's left camp. ]

[preowned]

Yes. Don't worry, the events for that has passed-- I am okay.

My team was very good at saving me.

[wisterin]

[ that doesn't completely ease all her anxious feelings, but it helps a lot. ]

Good. I don't know what I'd do if I heard you broke.

[preowned]

[ he smiles. ]

That, I can promise, didn't happen. If anything, I would be more concerned about me breaking them... I was really strong like that...

[wisterin]

[ hello? tsurumaru? ]

What do you mean by that? Did that... darkness make you attack them?

[preowned]

It was trying to kill them, yes.

[ a pause ]

But they are safe.

[wisterin]

[ it's good he didn't break all his comrades. ]

And how were you after that?

[ to be forced to attack in this body of his that should have been his own to move. ]

[preowned]

I think... mostly relieved, that I was right to believe I could count on my friends for anything.

[wisterin]

[ she holds out her hand to him. ]

[preowned]

[ ... he will take her hand. ]

[wisterin]

It reassures me to know that you are surrounded by people who care for you and would pull you out of whatever darkness you fall into.

... I don't want to let you go after this.

[preowned]

... you never have to.

[ he squeezes her hand. ]

Thank you.

[wisterin]

[ she squeezes his hand in return, and her fingers curl around his hand. ]

You don't have to thank me for caring about you, but don't you have your mission to return to after this?

[preowned]

Hm... well. We do have breaks between missions, you know. I am not always on the field.

[ a pause. ]

I actually had a rather long break before my recent one.

[wisterin]

Please visit me during your breaks.

[ unless shinobu and dimitri come to hate each other and she no longer goes back to faerghus. ]

Or I can visit you during yours, but you'll have to tell me when you're free.

[preowned]

Maybe both? But it might be nice to go see you first.

[ that way he does not have to explain to a bunch of swords why there is a girl there.

the thought is funny actually but that seems like more work than a break. ]

[wisterin]

[ wow tsuru

explain the girl ]

We'll see where I go after this. I want someone to ask for help at the end of this, but I don't know if he will.

[preowned]

Ah... I know how that feels...

[ looks into the distance ]

[wisterin]

[ ah. ]

Someone you know is being foolish, too?

[preowned]

[ he nods his head. ]

There's always something... but I suppose we can use this time to try to figure something out.

[wisterin]

I don't want to force it. It's something I think is best if he comes to it on his own, but some people don't know how to accept help when they need it the most.