Flayn freezes, and she looks up at his face for a moment or two - and then, slowly, she looks away.]
I am sorry... I cannot say. [A beat -] It is not that I do not want to tell you, but... I have admitted to a few things already, this week, and I do not wish to toe the line.
No, but really--the memory is enough to take his attention off of how upsetting the execution had been, at least for the moment. When it ends, he smiles at her.]
Oh, I see. You were together before.
[That makes sense. But if Shinobu is kind and encouraging with everyone, then perhaps it's no surprise that they were close.]
At the castle, when we died, we were taken to a place that looked the same, but everything was mirrored. Maybe her spirit is walking around backwards, but we just can't see her?
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Flayn freezes, and she looks up at his face for a moment or two - and then, slowly, she looks away.]
I am sorry... I cannot say. [A beat -] It is not that I do not want to tell you, but... I have admitted to a few things already, this week, and I do not wish to toe the line.
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[ :( ]
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How about, instead... can you tell me about her? Something nice you did together, maybe?
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instead of hearing about it, he can just see it.]
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No, but really--the memory is enough to take his attention off of how upsetting the execution had been, at least for the moment. When it ends, he smiles at her.]
Oh, I see. You were together before.
[That makes sense. But if Shinobu is kind and encouraging with everyone, then perhaps it's no surprise that they were close.]
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Yes. She was... she is very kind.
[And she's still out there, somewhere. The dead can communicate with them, still.]
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We'll have to keep working hard, for her.
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Yes. We must. [...] ...it does not feel real, yet. I keep expecting to come across her in the camp.
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[He's. Helping.]
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So... perhaps. That would not be so strange.
[She doesn't know why Shinobu would be walking backwards though.]