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[oversea]

HELLO

"What do you want?"

GOODBYE

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[oversea]

Hey. Take a deep breathe. Let it out.

[ thorns... isn't going to touch on what he just witnessed at the moment, since there's more urgent things to take care of. ]

[tindery]

[ good advice. the next breath that comes in is, well, cold. it shocks his system just a bit, sharp and icy... which is still a different sensation than the one he remembers. at least his lungs still work. he takes a second to rub at his face before glancing over to thorns, a frown already pulling at his mouth ]

... thanks.

[ a beat ]

If I say I'm fine, what're the odds I'd be believed?

[oversea]

Not even a little.

[ he will be blunt about that.

however, ]

You don't have to talk about it though.

[ while he lacks general context, the bulk of it was pretty self-explanatory. ]

[tindery]

Thanks for your honesty.

[ he almost laughs at it, but he doesn't quite have the breath or capacity to, given. well. ]

... this place pushes us to talk about things, but I also don't know what else I'd have to add.

Miserable ending and now I'm here.

[oversea]

... Mm.

[ really, that aptly summarizes it. ]

That was the same woman as before.

[tindery]

Mm. Hinagiku... Though, she's not the person in my shard so—

Someone planted the idea in my head that she might also be somewhere here in the fog... but that's not even for sure, since so many of you are looking for people who aren't dead.

[ can't relate, but ]

[oversea]

... It's difficult to say. We know there were others around who we haven't seen. Or cases like you.

[ who were just. somewhere else for half the time.

he sighs. ]

... If it's not her, then who is it?

[tindery]

[ where'd they go...

tobari will just toss his shard over. a young girl is sleeping in a bed of flowers. ]

My sister. [ a beat ] Half-sister, technically.

[ but obviously the technicality so barely matters to him ]

[oversea]

Oh.

[ thorns doesn't have siblings, so he isn't personally familiar with that type of bond but he knows how much it means to people. ]

How old is she?

[tindery]

Sixteen.

[ she is just... a baby ]

[oversea]

Is she...?

[ alive... ]

[tindery]

[ . . . shakes head ]

There was a fire.

[oversea]

[ he nods his head, going quiet for a moment before he finally settles on the next thing he wants to say. ]

And you've been making positive progress with your shard?