homophonic ❆ nahri

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nahri

You're not just a memory.

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All that I do, I do for myself. [she says, a little dismissively. before coming here, that was her existence, save for a few flukes.

a pause.]

It matters to me what you think. You are not just anything.

[ashmark]

[ she looks at her and sighs. ]

Stop it, I can't cry anymore.

[ she is truly exhausted. ]

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[help]

... That wasn't my intention. [she is so alarmed by this]

[ashmark]

[ she trudges over to lean on her. ]

I know.

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[very

very carefully, like one would with a cat that just chose to sit on them, shenhe wraps an arm around her.]

[ashmark]

[ nahri is less careful when she latches onto shenhe. ]

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[oh, okay

well, in that case, she just hugs her tightly.

she just. needs a little bit of humanity to hold onto.]

[ashmark]

[ cathartic.

this energizes her a little. ]

I'm sorry I'm so difficult.

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I don't think that it's you.

[shenhe knows she's hard mode when it comes to socializing.]

[ashmark]

I'm not letting you take all the credit.

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[a little heh.]

Alright. [...] ... I'd like to ask you what your thoughts on today are.

[ashmark]

[ she just kinda. slumps against her. ]

Bad.

[ a beat. ]

I had it, Shenhe. I just couldn't prove my answer.

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[she holds her up, resting her hand on the back of nahri's head.]

You were trying. [...] I was not. So I'm proud of you for doing so.

[ashmark]

[ her cheeks flush. ]

That's not good enough. We could have picked for the wrong team.

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Yes. [a pause.]

... Will you always try to vote for the right team? Even if you don't like the answer.

[ashmark]

...Yes.

Unless it's ours. [ she glances away ]

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[that's fair enough, and shenhe actually smiles a little at it, a faint twitch of the lips. she knows she shouldn't.]

Then you are a better person than I am.

[ashmark]

[ she shakes her head - or as best she can, given her current position. ]

The way we vote might be calculated into points. I still want to win. Anything to keep us from being on the bottom...