[Hmm. Seems like a bad idea. . . to tell him. . . about the part where we nearly ate her. If it traumatized them, to go through it with a child they'd met that day, then maybe it wouldn't be great to tell her dad.
($20 on Takeru just telling him)]
. . . In that place, we were overcome with an unnatural hunger and cold. She helped us the best she could. It didn't seem as though she was affected herself. She stayed by our side, but we succumbed to starvation, and we died.
. . . I would like to, as well. [She doesn't want to make it about her, but.] I owe her - or whatever illusory piece of her that may have been - my life, and yet I feel that I failed her. [Because she will accept, from him, that it may not have been entirely real. But the child was no automaton, either. Spirits can do strange things; they can linger somewhere, leave an imprint of a person where they go. Maybe that explains it. What she won't listen to is any suggestion that it didn't mean something.]
[Good. I can't believe Pride is valid, now. She understands a little, about being unable to ask for or acknowledge help, so she doesn't miss the appreciation.]
. . . The other three, who were there. I would like to tell them of this conversation, because they are also concerned with her well-being. May I?
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Gather your thoughts.
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[they say, finally.]
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($20 on Takeru just telling him)]
. . . In that place, we were overcome with an unnatural hunger and cold. She helped us the best she could. It didn't seem as though she was affected herself. She stayed by our side, but we succumbed to starvation, and we died.
And in doing so, we left her behind.
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That sounds like her. [they say, quietly, absently.] It wasn't real, but in the event that even a bit of it was, I will find that place.
[yayy field trip.]
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If there is any way I can aid you, then I will.
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[they won't say it, but it's clear they appreciate the offer.]
I will look into it. Tell whoever has the dagger to come to me. I'd like it back.
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[Good. I can't believe Pride is valid, now. She understands a little, about being unable to ask for or acknowledge help, so she doesn't miss the appreciation.]
. . . The other three, who were there. I would like to tell them of this conversation, because they are also concerned with her well-being. May I?
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Yes. [they say, finally.] The four of you who took care of her.
[they have rights, as far as pride is concerned.]
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they pause, and then just give her a small nod, and if she doesn't stop them, they step back into the shadows against the wall and vanish.]