[ 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?
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.
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[ thorns... isn't going to touch on what he just witnessed at the moment, since there's more urgent things to take care of. ]
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... thanks.
[ a beat ]
If I say I'm fine, what're the odds I'd be believed?
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[ 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. ]
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[ 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.
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[ really, that aptly summarizes it. ]
That was the same woman as before.
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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 ]
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[ who were just. somewhere else for half the time.
he sighs. ]
... If it's not her, then who is it?
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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 ]
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[ 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?
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[ she is just... a baby ]
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[ alive... ]
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There was a fire.
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And you've been making positive progress with your shard?