[ Video ] On my hands and knees I'm crawling

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[ The dreamberry clatters to the floor as it turns on. The view spins wildly for a moment before it settles on the and a clump of clothes so that it lands upright. A thump is heard and Sasuke's in view of the camera. His head is facing the camera so all you see is the top

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What the Hell, are you all right?! Who did this?

[That was probably a stupid question.

[No, Ken has never spoken to the kid in his life, but there's absolutely no way he's going to let this one slide.]

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[ It's the next day by the time Sasuke answers. His face isn't bloody anymore and there's a bandage covering the right side of his face. ]

....I don't know.

[ And it was the truth. Thanks to the drugs he doesn't remember his attackers face very well. His mind instinctively wants to blame his brother, but something doesn't feel right about that. ]

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[No, he hasn't forgotten that call he made.

[Ken's very glad to get an answer. Gladder still to see it's from the kid in question. For all he has no idea what's with the bandages and is very worried to see them, it's just a relief to know the boy wasn't worse hurt. At least he's still alive.]

Are you gonna be all right?

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[ Well that's a hard to answer question. Thanks to his friends he'll be physically fine, but he lost an eye, and for this boy whose eyes are an integral part of who he is, no he's not okay. ]

Yes.

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[Ken has to be looking hard to pick up on lying when he's not expecting to find it. Some people it's all he expects from. Muraki's one of them, of obvious reasons. Youji's another, for reasons that are equally obvious - he's met him. He has no reason to think Sasuke is.

[On the other hand, maybe he's a bit too used to the no-I'm-fine thing. Nobody who'd been hurt that bad is gonna be just fine now.]

Oh... good. That's okay then. You've got someone with you, haven't you?

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Yes. [ That at least isn't a lie. ]

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Then at least there's someone to help, that's okay...

[hang on, I'm forgetting something--]

Oh, I'm Ken. I know this ain't a great way to get acquainted or anything, but... well, kinda had to check you were gonna be all right, you know? After all that.

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Uchiha Sasuke....You didn't have to. [ Because really, this guy doesn't even know him. ]

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[Which, now that he thinks about it, makes this awkward.]

Yeah, but I couldn't just assume you were gonna be fine.

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Why would you care?

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[Huh?]

Why wouldn't I? You were hurt.

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You don't know me.

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Is that a problem? I can hang up if you like.

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....

[ Shakes his head because he still doesn't get it, but he's the one to disconnect the call. ]