...Yeah. Buzen and At-chan... We can see them again.
[he'd have been happy to hear this news from anyone, but the fact that it's Vin... It makes his heart hurt more, but it's a warm kind of hurt. Maybe this is a bit too soon for hoping, but he can't help hope.
They've already lost so much. Can't they have this one thing?]
We found letters too -- from Ma-kun and Ryu-kun. Ryu-kun asked after you and Wagahai.
[it's a little terrifying to trust in that just based on a few pieces of paper, but if anyone deserves affirmation of that fact - she imagines that it's itsuki.]
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he puts his hands over his face, sinking down into a crouch.]
...Buzen.
[there's a quaver in his voice that's very obvious. his first instinct is to pull himself together, but
this is Vin, and she'd already seen his grief. what's more, she'd understand it.
he absolutely starts crying im so sorry vin]
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she doesn't say anything quite yet, but she does crouch down next to him, at least.]
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after a moment, he'll reach for her slime hand so he can pull her into a hug... slime hug,]
-- Thank you.
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...Of course.
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It's like what Vax-kun said. They're still here -- somewhere else, but... it wasn't the end for them.
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And... They are trying to come back to us.
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[he'd have been happy to hear this news from anyone, but the fact that it's Vin... It makes his heart hurt more, but it's a warm kind of hurt. Maybe this is a bit too soon for hoping, but he can't help hope.
They've already lost so much. Can't they have this one thing?]
We found letters too -- from Ma-kun and Ryu-kun. Ryu-kun asked after you and Wagahai.
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[it's a little terrifying to trust in that just based on a few pieces of paper, but if anyone deserves affirmation of that fact - she imagines that it's itsuki.]
Was it the one where he called me Bin...?
[she sounds a little touched by this somehow]
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Yeah. They worked really hard to write that letter, huh? Even though they were struggling.
[he's feeling very soft for all of this right now]
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[the reminder is making him even happier,]
Though I guess we'll have to write back first and say we received them... except they probably know that too, huh, if they're watching us.