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[personal profile] sootprints 2025-06-08 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
[ he can find her hand. it kind of looks like it's smouldering a little, too, as it gives off some soot, though the bulk of it comes from her head.

there's no particular heat to the smoke, though.

did he bring the tea... ]
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[personal profile] sootprints 2025-06-08 04:05 am (UTC)(link)
... Thank you.

[ she takes it in her hands. her voice is quiet, but somehow there's some firmness to it. ]

You don't need to make that face.

[ assuming he has the sad puppy look he has in his icons....... god ]
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[personal profile] sootprints 2025-06-08 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
Like a sad puppy.

[ just says it ]
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[personal profile] sootprints 2025-06-08 05:59 am (UTC)(link)
You did a moment ago. I hope that wasn't a look of pity...
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[personal profile] sootprints 2025-06-08 03:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[ she lowers her chin... and presumably, her gaze with it. and shakes her head. ]

... I see...

I'm sorry. I'm being difficult, aren't I...
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[personal profile] sootprints 2025-06-08 04:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh...

[ ... was she just assuming that people were looking down on her because of her age? there's still a part of her that feels certain that that's part of it, but...

there's a glance back at her darkened room. ]


... I know that I can't handle everything on my own. But it's not so easy to lean on other people, either. Sometimes it's complicated...
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[personal profile] sootprints 2025-06-09 07:00 am (UTC)(link)
[ ... hmm. that hits a little close to home, yeah. ]

... Because we're a team?

[ has never seen a sports anime... ]
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[personal profile] sootprints 2025-06-12 04:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[ there's silence as she lets him speak, and then thinks on it a bit... ]

... I think you are one.

I'll be okay. I promise. And if I think there's something I can't handle on my own... I'll tell you.