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AFTER 'VENGEANCE' (I might be a bit slow waitin for context in other threads)

[soft_focus]

[Reira doesn't come out of the Arcade, in the end. She leaves the door from her closet open for Tsukikage to join her- rare indeed, given that Reira never really lets him in there- but she leaves it open.

She's in her room there. Holding a stuffed fish while on her bed.

Simply staring. Maybe waiting, even.]

Got ur context? Haha im slower

[intercalaryninja]

[Tsukikage enters. He enters eventually. He's worried that the robots will yell at him and his obvious stance on the Fourth would have him escorted out, but his worrying is for naught. The spider is quiet as usual and if Reira hadn't been staring at the entrance, Tsukikage may have slipped in without notice.

The ninja bows to her. Quiet. Respectful. Distant. Reira made her stance clear that she didn't want more violence and bloodshed. He figures this will be an expansion on that point.]

Your injuries... they don't leave scars on you, do they?

[soft_focus]

[Do they? Well. She's quiet, but-]

...only sometimes... [Is her quiet reply, eyes still distant. She doesn't really want to check for the bullet wounds though.]

[intercalaryninja]

... Are you alright, Reira-dono?

... Did you want to speak to me?

[soft_focus]

[She keeps holding the pillow, shifting minutely.]

...'unno, [she murmurs.]

...I'unno if I want to talk to anyone....

[But, well, she sort of has to.]

[intercalaryninja]

... Can we talk, Reira-dono? Just you and me? Or would you prefer to be alone a little longer?

[soft_focus]

[Can they? That's...a good question, she supposes. She doesn't really want to talk. But...]

....it's not good if I wait forever...is it? [She asks quietly.]

[intercalaryninja]

You should have the time to recover from death... but no. It's not good if you wait...

[soft_focus]

[Recovery time is indeed nice, after all. And...]

...I don't know how long it takes to do that though.

...It didn't take this long before. [There wasn't as much emotional baggage to be fair.]

[intercalaryninja]

It varies from person to person. And situation to situation. You try, you see how it is, you move forward or retreat and repeat.

Past performance isn't indicative of future behaviours. Things were different before, Reira-dono. I could try to help you rationalise it if you talk to me.

[soft_focus]

[Of course, Tsukikage's words make sense. They're the truth, and they're logical, and of course it makes sense.

Yet it's hard to cling to sense when everything else doesn't feel that way.

...

She tries all the same.] ...what do I talk about then? [She asks quietly, unsure of where to start.]

[intercalaryninja]

Let's go from the basics. How do you feel? And then tell me what's the cause of these feelings? And why does that cause make you feel that way?

[Break it down slowly, acknowledge the feelings by applying logic to them. Make it clear and simple, like an essay.]

[soft_focus]

[Basics indeed.]

....Sick, I think. ...I didn't eat anything that would make me sick, but it feels like that.

...but...I don't know why, [She adds, sounding slightly frustrated.]

[intercalaryninja]

And when did you start feeling like this? Was it after you talked to someone?

[soft_focus]

Mnhh...

[Good question.] ...Technically..?

[If only because not long after she woke up from dying, Elias was there to try and comfort her. But that doesn't really count, because she sort of felt that way Before he started talking.]

...It was before too though... [She says with that in mind.]