[it's okay, shenhe isn't doing a whole lot better. her own nonverbal thing skews more in the way of very cold fury, but she's trying to keep that back.
for now, she just hugs alex in the sort of way that she's learned from others - gentle, but tight.]
shenhe has the sense to realize that this is probably upsetting to normal people, so she just. very carefully puts her hand on the back of alex's head.]
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i'm sorry alex is so noncommunicative right now. but hug helps. hug is nice. ]
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for now, she just hugs alex in the sort of way that she's learned from others - gentle, but tight.]
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... He was nice.
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Do you want to find who did it?
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It's—even if I didn't want to, someone has to take the votes. So... They should go to whoever did it.
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It must go to the person who did it. They knew the risks when they set out, whoever it was.
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... Are you alright? [she knows the answer, but she's trying.]
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[ she is realizing suddenly that she hasn't really been mentioning this to anyone. ]
... No. I—I found Rin's body.
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shenhe has the sense to realize that this is probably upsetting to normal people, so she just. very carefully puts her hand on the back of alex's head.]
... Ah, Alex. [she frowns.] I'm sorry.
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starts to tear up. oops!!! maybe she shouldn't have said that after all. ]
It's—he was just there in the water, I don't—I don't know how to...
I couldn't do anything.
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she tries.]
You couldn't have. [she says, holding alex a little more tightly.] It was out of your control.
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everyone knows. everyone knows the freak sister who let her brother die while she clung scared to the bow line. ]
... Everything we can do tomorrow is too late.
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Yes. It is. [which isn't comforting. but.] It's better that it's done than not at all. He deserves answers.
[...] If you need to stand away from it, you are welcome to stand by me.
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[ she takes a shaky breath and tries to detach from shenhe. a little bit. just kidding, she stays leaning against her. ]
I want to figure it out tomorrow. I want to work hard. So I'll—I'll be better by then.
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she just pets alex's hair absently.]
You don't need to be. [she says, with a frown.] ... But I understand.
I'm hungry. We should eat. [this - this is helping, she's helping]
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[ alex will pick at her food and barely eat but that's better than nothing! ]