homophonic ❆ alex

[bindings]

alex

I'll tell you when you're being weird.

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[bindings]

[she rests her head on top of alex's.]

... Are you alright? [she knows the answer, but she's trying.]

[camena]

Yeah. No.

[ she is realizing suddenly that she hasn't really been mentioning this to anyone. ]

... No. I—I found Rin's body.

[bindings]

[haha WELL

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.

[camena]

[ she



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.

[bindings]

[AAAAA oh god crying people are so out of her wheelhouse but

she tries.]

You couldn't have. [she says, holding alex a little more tightly.] It was out of your control.

[camena]

[ it was. yeah. she knows that. logically she knows that. but

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.

[bindings]

[frowns so heavily]

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.

[camena]

... Thanks, Shenhe.

[ 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.

[bindings]

[no going anywhere she refuses

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]

[camena]

I... Sure. Yeah, let's eat something.

[ alex will pick at her food and barely eat but that's better than nothing! ]