r u a doctor... cause i need some vitamin u

[nightchild]

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[nightchild]

I am too.

[the hairpin has its uses, but... Itsuki can't say he's not glad to feel her emotions now, even if it's loneliness.]

I wear mine to remember him, but... are you wearing yours because of this week?

[the emotions...]

[countermeasures]

[the emotions...]

I won't deny that it's been helpful this week, but...

[she taps one of the forget-me-nots on the hairpin.]

I'd be wearing this even if it didn't have a calming stone in it. I don't want to forget him again.

[nightchild]

[his eyes soften with understanding,]

...This place takes a lot from us, huh? It's one thing to take something we choose to give up, but... It's really not balanced at all.

[maybe that's the problem]

[countermeasures]

It does, and you're right... it's not.

[maybe it is the problem. it could be!]

...but anything it takes from me, I won't let it keep. I'm going to take it right back.

[nightchild]

...I believe you.

[and he finds that he does]

I know better than to bet against you anyway.

[countermeasures]

[she smiles]

And I certainly wouldn't bet against you. So this prism is in trouble, since we're working together.