Otome looks a lot less Dying than yesterday, though still very tired and now? Very, very bleak as she kind of just wearily chills in front of the summer dorm.
She lifts her eyes when he approaches; they're a little red and glassy. ]
[He feels that, some of the anger and frustration. It's coiling in him too, tired and ugly. There's a numbness, too. He's become conditioned to accepting death, but he doesn't like having to tap into it.]
We're a little bit powerless, and it's awful. All we can do is reduce the pain others feel by whatever means we can.
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week 4; friday
Anyway, he will come to find her on Friday; he wanted to give her space yesterday, but now this is quite sad.]
it's okay!!
Otome looks a lot less Dying than yesterday, though still very tired and now? Very, very bleak as she kind of just wearily chills in front of the summer dorm.
She lifts her eyes when he approaches; they're a little red and glassy. ]
... Ah. Hello, Caleb.
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[Is tone is soft and there's sympathy and understanding there.]
I'm sorry.
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I-- [ her voice fragments, a little. ] I promised S-- Annie, that I'd do my best to keep everyone safe, and I-- in the end, I just--!
[ TWO DEAD HOMIES.
Also some self-loathing has snuck in, that's nice. ]
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You have done more than anyone to keep us safe.
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... I don't know how to treat this, Caleb. [ Otome murmurs, finally. ]
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Nothing does, other than time. So maybe take that burden from your shoulders.
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I don't know how to do that, either. I can't-- stop these deaths from happening. And as someone who's supposed to be able to save lives, it's...
[ Frustrating? Incredibly. ]
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[He feels that, some of the anger and frustration. It's coiling in him too, tired and ugly. There's a numbness, too. He's become conditioned to accepting death, but he doesn't like having to tap into it.]
We're a little bit powerless, and it's awful. All we can do is reduce the pain others feel by whatever means we can.
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[ Softly. ]
But you're right.
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[It would all just be some pointless waste.]
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Also, I... owe you an apology.
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[Something happened there.]
But I got the impression it was drawn from memories. Mine, maybe? But possibly Beauregard or even Mollymauk.
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[ She frowns, a little worried. ]
All of us were separated near the end... I don't know if they experienced what I did, but...
[ If they did, she seems even more concerned. ]