[It hits him all at once that she doesn't understand. She accepts them but she doesn't truly understand. In a way he's glad. The innocence she still has is something precious that he wants to keep safe. But it won't be. Not with them.
They are to blame for the state of their world. She's trying to protect them but, what about herself. He steps closer, slowly step by step until their height difference is all too clear.] Nanami.
[His voice breaks the quiet, soft and steady. All too close to the tone he'd used in the boat when he was someone else.]
You need to remember to protect yourself too. We can all find some way to make things work out. But we have to do that together, watching each other's backs. You didn't fail.
We did. But that's something we have to deal with ourselves. ...that means right now, asking me whatever you want to ask.
[Protect... herself? The thought is almost... foreign. She's spent so much time worrying about everyone else, she's barely given herself a thought. She hadn't really cared, as long as she could keep everyone happy and as together as she could... But...
It feels like she failed. Not blaming herself is so hard... Especially when everyone she cared about had gotten hurt in the end.
...Maybe this is the start, though. Maybe from this, she can learn.
She tilts her head up to look at him. He's so tall. It's one of the first things she ever noticed about him, and for some reason, rather than intimidating it has always been... comforting.]
Tell me what the simulation was like. The good things and the bad things. About... everyone else who died in the program, but also about the time you shared with them. [The corner of her mouth tugs up, like it wants to smile.] Especially about Nanami-san.
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Backdated to 3/10; Action cw: dr2 spoilers, suicide discussion
Date: 2017-04-06 02:37 am (UTC)They are to blame for the state of their world. She's trying to protect them but, what about herself. He steps closer, slowly step by step until their height difference is all too clear.] Nanami.
[His voice breaks the quiet, soft and steady. All too close to the tone he'd used in the boat when he was someone else.]
You need to remember to protect yourself too. We can all find some way to make things work out. But we have to do that together, watching each other's backs. You didn't fail.
We did. But that's something we have to deal with ourselves. ...that means right now, asking me whatever you want to ask.
I'll tell you everything I know and remember.
Backdated to 3/10; Action cw: dr2 spoilers, suicide discussion
Date: 2017-04-08 05:14 am (UTC)It feels like she failed. Not blaming herself is so hard... Especially when everyone she cared about had gotten hurt in the end.
...Maybe this is the start, though. Maybe from this, she can learn.
She tilts her head up to look at him. He's so tall. It's one of the first things she ever noticed about him, and for some reason, rather than intimidating it has always been... comforting.]
Tell me what the simulation was like. The good things and the bad things. About... everyone else who died in the program, but also about the time you shared with them. [The corner of her mouth tugs up, like it wants to smile.] Especially about Nanami-san.