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[lucentia]

HELLO

"Greetings."

GOODBYE

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[handfast]

Been better.

[ actually there have been very few days where he's felt worse but this ain't about him. ]

The river doesn't fix everything. And the stuff it takes away isn't usually what we want it to.

[lucentia]

[hak!!]

Indeed. I had hoped never to have to use it.

[handfast]

I think most people did. [ but here they are. ] At least whatever you lost will come back.

[ truly the only thing keeping him sane. ]

Were you guys all together? [ all six of them.... ]

[lucentia]

I was with Hien and Sylus. I know nothing of what happened with Tokinaga, Fiammetta, and Isabeau.

[handfast]

[ wtf i thought i replied to this ]

So there were two groups this time? [ AWFUL. but......hm. ] What happened to Hien?

[lucentia]

Hien? We were separated for a while and didn't have the time to talk afterwards, so I don't quite know. But he was in a poor state, both physically and mentally, when we regrouped.

[handfast]

[ hak's quiet a moment. ]

It must have been really bad for him. [ ... ] Not that these things are ever not bad.

[lucentia]

... Indeed. He's had a very difficult life, from what I know, so there is unfortunately much to use against him.

[handfast]

[ now he just feels even more guilty. ]

And you?

[lucentia]

[




REMEMBERS WHAT HIEN DID AND WHO HE'S TALKING TO. OH GODDESS. well, if it helps hien and hak make up, maybe he shouldn't say anything...?]

I imagine I had an easier time of it.

[handfast]

[ it's fine................don't worry about it................ ]

'Easier' doesn't mean it was easy though.

[lucentia]

[he's worried about it?]

As you said, these things never are, for anyone.

[handfast]

Do you wanna talk about it?

[ this is apparently the question to ask ]

[lucentia]

Huh? Well, there's not much to say, to be honest. I spent a large part of the time worrying about being infected with some sort of affliction, and if it would lead me to harm the others.

Though thankfully, that didn't come to pass.

[handfast]

[ a frown. ]

An affliction?

[lucentia]

I don't quite know how to explain it... but I was contaminated with something both akin to a disease and brainwashing, perhaps?