Catch-all; Kainé

[momming]

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week 3, friday

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[ Kainé isn't running around dramatically, but she is at least better dressed for winter than she usually is. She wasn't used to cold before here and her CYOA adventure both helped with that.

She stops when she sees Otome. ]

It'd be better if you caught all the dumbass boys.

[momming]

[ Bless her, honestly. ]

I'm certainly trying, but I'm only one person. [ Why are all the dumbass boys like this ]

... How are you feeling, Kainé? Is there anything I can help with?

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If you need me to kick them to you, I'll do it.

[ She says that simply, like it'd be so easy. ]

I'm not great. [ There's no use pretending, but. ] Maybe more of my injuries can be wrapped, so everyone doesn't have to see.

[ Her various healed burns and cuts and frostbite and bruises. It's to the state of at least "moderately healed," and nothing looks raw anymore, but it's still not great for anyone to look at. ]

[momming]

I can apply some ointment on your cuts, too. But I can certainly bandage as much as I can.

[ Whatever helps! ]

You gave us all a scare yesterday, though I know it was entirely unintentional.

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Yeah, I don't ask to get the shit beaten out of me on the regular.

[ But she nods. The ointment and the bandaging would be appreciated. Very much so. ]

I only wish I could've given as much as I got.

[momming]

What... caused this much damage, exactly?

[ As she nods for Kainé to lead the way; might as well tend to her where she's comfortable. ]

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[ They can go into the Winter Dorm. Enjoy the Viola aesthetic, Otome, if you haven't already been inside. ]

Some shadowy bastards. One exploded. One blew ice. Another one was just fucking massive.

[momming]

[ She hasn't, wow! ]

... That quite honestly sounds terrible. I'm glad you were able to get through it.

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[ The common room is like a tea room or a parlor. ]

Yeah, me too. It'd suck to have to stay there, wherever that was.

[momming]

And there would have been no calming Nier down.

[ Like. At all. ]

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[ ... ]

I guess.

[ She can't argue that. ]

You could knock him out, and he'd wake up better.

[ Probably. ]

[momming]

... You two have a very close relationship, I see.

[ Somehow. ]

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It's hard not to be after you go on a whole bullshit journey together.

[ Somehow, plot makes things work. ]

[momming]

... Was it that bad?

[ Bullshit? ]

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[ She has to take a moment to think about her answer to that question. ]

I'd go through it again, but I wouldn't want to. I wouldn't want that for the other people I was with.

[momming]

Mm. [ She nods, thoughtfully. ]

I think I understand what you mean.

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[ She doesn't know how to respond to this, so all she does is give a one-shouldered shrug. ]