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please do not be on your deathbed.
are you in your dorm right now?

[momming]

I'm fine, I promise. And yes.

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[ idk who lets him in theres only 5 summers and otome BETTER not be getting up but here he is, knocking, looking her over in concern ]

[momming]

[ she is absolutely getting up to get the door!

... It's fine, her burns and weird eye carvings are all bandaged, she's just. Limping a little. ]

If you frown at me like that, you're going to give me the wrong idea.

[ With a weak little smile.

... She absolutely looks like she's been crying. It's fine. ]

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... Yanagiya-san...

[ hm. he's immediately going to lead her to sit down somewhere though ]

I'm sorry.

[momming]

[ Stop, she feels old?? ]

... I am, too. I-- suppose I should have seen it coming, but...

[ Still. It hurts. A lot. ]

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[ YOU LOST MOST OF YOUR ABDOMEN THAT'S NOT OLD he'll sit with her, though ]

... She was still a friend of yours.

[momming]

... She was. She and Wang Lu... were both people I wanted to protect. This whole dorm was.

[ And. Well. She's doing great. ]

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... You can't blame yourself for this, Yanagiya-san. Either of them.

[ or the rest of her fuckin dorm, ]

[momming]

I promised Annie I would do whatever I could to protect them! I know that's-- I know there's nothing I can actually do, but I--!

[ Her voice is fragmenting. ]

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Yanagiya-san! Do you think Annie would want you to blame yourself?

[ immediate, with a flare of concern and worry despite his harsh tone ]

[momming]

[ She.

Flinches.

And with it comes a strong wave of self-loathing, even if it's just for a few seconds. ]

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[ he flinches back a little, looking away ]

... Sorry. I wasn't...

[ trying to make it worse ? ]

[momming]

No, I-- [ automatically, though it's a little shakily, she reaches out for him. ]

I'm sorry-- I'm a little bit of a mess, but I shouldn't have unloaded it like that...

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If you make me tell you it's alright to have feelings again, I'll get mad.

[ ... but he leans back when she reaches for him, putting a hand on her arm ]

... It's fine. This week makes things worse for everyone.

[momming]

I know that, logically, they'll... be okay. And that they'll try to make it back.

But that people are being murdered in the first place and that there doesn't seem to be a way to put a stop to it...

[ She takes a deep breath. ]

... I have never felt so much loathing for a place in my life.

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... Yeah. Yeah, so do I.

[ he's looking off into the distance as he says it, jaw clenched tight ]

We'll figure it out. Whatever is making them act like this.

[momming]

I don't know who's been leaving those notes, but at least someone seems to have some kind of idea what's going on.

[ At least partly. ]

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[ oh. there's something unsure before he shrugs ]

Yeah. I don't know how useful the info's been so far, but...

[momming]

[ She gives him a curious look. ]

I think it's been useful, personally. Motive was always a concern.

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... Mm. That one was, yes. I just... I wonder how they learned.

[momming]

I also wonder that. I was thinking it might be possible that they were also a member of something?

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[ grimacing a little ]

... I was thinking it could come from Sieghart's killer themselves. We never did find them.

[momming]

... Admittance out of guilt, to the best of their ability?

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They might not want to die for it, but they're still willing to say what they can. I don't know.