[this is something she's been practicing, too. and while crying makes her uncomfortable - it's only because she knows she isn't competent enough to make it stop.
still. this helped alex. it helped rin, too. so...
she stands up, and moves over to sit close enough to ylfa so that she can wrap her arms around her. it's clumsy. but it's a hug.]
[it's okay. it's clumsy back - a little like holding a wild animal, one that is docile for now but isn't sure it should be allowing this. but as tense as she is, she'll lean against her, still quietly shedding tears.]
...I wanted to protect him. Not punish the person responsible. Protect him.
[she says, quietly. she will stay like this as long as ylfa lets her. it's so strange, sometimes, to see so much of yourself as a child reflected in someone else.]
This place makes that impossible. To put us together and have us fight alone is a cruelty I wasn't expecting.
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If you want to, that's okay.
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still. this helped alex. it helped rin, too. so...
she stands up, and moves over to sit close enough to ylfa so that she can wrap her arms around her. it's clumsy. but it's a hug.]
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...I wanted to protect him. Not punish the person responsible. Protect him.
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[she says, quietly. she will stay like this as long as ylfa lets her. it's so strange, sometimes, to see so much of yourself as a child reflected in someone else.]
This place makes that impossible. To put us together and have us fight alone is a cruelty I wasn't expecting.
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If they had just let me stay awake, I could have stopped them. It isn't fair.
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I believe you. [she saw her fighting, the other day.] It may have been you that would be on trial the next day.
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I'm not afraid of that.
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I think I would be a little, if you were.