[just warm fond feelings. he's a good kid, honestly, and as she's winding down on this adventure she's thinking about how much she'll miss seeing everyone every day, even amongst the horrors.]
Think so. [there's a little bit of nerves in that, but she's prepared all the same.] It feels like it's been so long it's almost hard to believe it's really happening. Are you ready? What's next for you?
Are there? [she's curious what he's thinking, but he's also right. her mind's pretty made up.] I have to go back. I can't abandon my world after everything.
I'm bringing Karma with me. There's always room on the Express.
[ that simply isn't true but he's also somehow sure that himeko wouldn't reject anyone Caelus vouched for. they might need to add another car onto the train is all. ]
It is. I still have things to take care of there, and the people I love need me. [so it's nonnegotiable at this rate. however there's a burst of relief and fondness with the other part of what caelus says.]
He agreed to go for a while? [thank god. that child needs a break.] ...take care of him for me, okay? That kid deserves the world and people to show him what's out there. Just as long as you're taking care of yourself, too.
[considering what she knows about karma's home, yeah, she can figure out exactly why it left an impression.]
You'll need each other out there. Fake memory or not, it sets the stage for the real ones, and I think even seeing that possibility is worth it. [there's a little smile to that though.]
I'll miss both of you. A lot. It's...still weird to think about the fact I won't be able to step outside and find you whenever I want. Two months feels like such a long time when you're going through it, but now it feels like no time at all.
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[ accepts smoothie. it's just like when he first arrived here what feels like lifetimes ago but in reality was about a month. ]
Are you getting ready to go back to your world?
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Think so. [there's a little bit of nerves in that, but she's prepared all the same.] It feels like it's been so long it's almost hard to believe it's really happening. Are you ready? What's next for you?
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but.
he doesn't answer her questions yet. it's too hard to resist temptation. ]
Is that what you want to do? Go back there? There are other options.
[ like, say, if there's a strong chance of you dying in your homeworld. ]
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Are there? [she's curious what he's thinking, but he's also right. her mind's pretty made up.] I have to go back. I can't abandon my world after everything.
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[ that simply isn't true but he's also somehow sure that himeko wouldn't reject anyone Caelus vouched for. they might need to add another car onto the train is all. ]
But I get it. That's your home.
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He agreed to go for a while? [thank god. that child needs a break.] ...take care of him for me, okay? That kid deserves the world and people to show him what's out there. Just as long as you're taking care of yourself, too.
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[ caelus and karma are an odd duck of a pair, but they've continually gotten on somehow, someway. ]
He'll miss you, though. I'll miss you.
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You'll need each other out there. Fake memory or not, it sets the stage for the real ones, and I think even seeing that possibility is worth it. [there's a little smile to that though.]
I'll miss both of you. A lot. It's...still weird to think about the fact I won't be able to step outside and find you whenever I want. Two months feels like such a long time when you're going through it, but now it feels like no time at all.