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[lucentia]

HELLO

"Greetings."

GOODBYE

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[vacuous]

[ I LIVE HERE ALSO

At some point if Lucien wanders around back to the ski lodge ice rink zone, he can find Tokinaga back around there... standing on his own two feet! And eyepatchless! And bruiseless! Weird. Though it's not like it looks like he's exactly vibing out here either. ]

[lucentia]

[???

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Tokinaga...?

[vacuous]

...?

Uh... yes? How do you know my name?

[ Turning to look at this... kid... He has two eyes, whoa. His usually-missing eye is a brighter colour, almost amber-like, though the more prominent feature is probably the pupil that's split into three parts. ]

[lucentia]

[lucien is very ???, to say the least, but he immediately recovers so that he can start lying with a straight face.]

Your family is looking for you.

[vacuous]

My family? They know where I went. Why, did something happen to them?

[ Immediate worry... ]

[lucentia]

[FEELS A LITTLE BAD ABOUT MAKING TOKINAGA WORRY but too late now.]

No, they're fine. Rather than looking for you, I should say they wanted someone to check on how you were doing...

[vacuous]

[ ...Feels bad for making his family worry... ]

Uh, yeah. So far I'm fine. Nothing's happened...

Sorry, who are you...?

[lucentia]

[man unrepentantly lying is easier when he's doing it with people whose situation he knows]

Ah—apologies, my name is Lucien. I'm an acquaintance of your niece, and your family knew I was in the area, so they reached out to me. I'll admit, they didn't fully explain the circumstances to me.

[vacuous]

My niece...?

[ HIS NIECE WHO'S LIKE, A TODDLER. ]

Uh, alright. Sorry if this comes off weird, but you don't look like a person from Saga. Did you move... here... young?

[ He says 'here' with a bit of uncertainty. ]

[lucentia]

[MOVING ON FROM THE NIECE THING]

No, I apologize if I'm the one coming off weirdly! [a beat, and then cautiously—] ... Where do you think we are, right now?

[vacuous]

Saga...?

[ In the awkward tone of 'the place I just said', but not rudely. Doesn't explain because surely he doesn't have to to a... local...? ]

[lucentia]

... Are you sure you're in Saga?

[vacuous]

Am I... not? I kind of... I feel like I lost track and then I was just wandering around here...

...It's kind of cold for November, but it's chillier in places outside of Tokyo, isn't it...

[lucentia]

... If you lost track, then you may be lost. Do you mind if I accompany you for a bit? And then you can decide if this is in fact the place you meant to reach.

[vacuous]

...Sure.

[ He supposes, why not. ]

If I'm not bothering you from anything.

[lucentia]

No, not at all! If anything, I'm aware I must be the bother here.

[vacuous]

It's fine. I wasn't doing much other than walking around anyway.

[lucentia]

[a nod, as he approaches tokinaga more closely so that he can walk alongside him... tries not to look at his funky eye and make it seem like he's staring.]

[vacuous]

[ Just silently keeps walking while looking vaguely like he's seen the horrors for some reason. The vibe of someone permanently sleep-deprived. ]

[lucentia]

[...]

Pardon my asking, but are you all right...? You seem tired.

[vacuous]

? ...Yeah, I'd say I'm pretty tired...

It's why... I decided to come to Saga. I just needed to get away...

[lucentia]

[lucien, internally screaming: WHAT IS SAGA.

a pause, because he is aware anything he can ask will potentially doxx himself as someone who doesn't know what's going on at all, but.]

Get away...?

[vacuous]

[ It's classic Square Enix hit Romancing SaGa 2 ]

Yeah. You know.

Just from everything...

[lucentia]

[help me]

... And you're hoping that Saga can give you some peace?

[vacuous]

Yeah... guess so. I picked it sort of at random... I just wanted some-place quiet that was open during this season.