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[Lance is breathless, exhausted, and angry. Blue is a researcher, Will is a member of Team Rocket -- both of his strongest and most loyal allies, gone, and Lance has absolutely no idea what to do, but he has figured something out.

Thanks to Blue, but he will never admit that.]Life is a series of choices. In every person's lifetime, one makes

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[coraltaijiya]

Ah, so that's how this works... [She briefly wonders what changed in the few people she's met, and how they'll be acting once the effect wears off.] Thank you for clarifying.

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[caped_elite]

[Ah, Sango. Lance wanted to talk to you. A quick filter switch.]

You spoke with Hitsugaya, yes?

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[coraltaijiya]

Yes... the one who k-killed that little girl... I assume he's acting under the influence of the Animus?

[It's pretty much the only reason she hasn't taken it upon herself to dole out some justice - that and the fact that it seemed to be fairly well-handled by - oh, what is it, the Shinigami?]

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[caped_elite]

I have only been here for three days, but I have been here before. Hitsugaya Toushirou is one of the few people I trusted in this place without question during my previous stay.

[Or, at least, Lance vaguely remembers it like that.]

Please do not harm him.

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[coraltaijiya]

[She thinks for a few beats, expression blank.]

...Alright. I'll take your word that... it's not his fault that he's like this.

[Sango is painfully, intimately familiar with a very similar predicament - someone close to you, murdering senselessly, not themselves - controlled by some other power.]

...who was she? The girl?

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[caped_elite]

A girl named Hinamori Momo. She is one of his friends, I believe.

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[coraltaijiya]

She was, I suppose...

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[caped_elite]

She is.

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[coraltaijiya]

[Have a Confused!Sango.]

But she's dead.

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[caped_elite]

The dead return to life here.

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[coraltaijiya]

[Blink. Blink. Right there is a very important detail that somebody forgot to mention and that also subtracts a whole level of depth from Hitsugaya's actions.]

Wha...? That's... amazing...

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[caped_elite]

Or grotesque.

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[coraltaijiya]

[She grimaces.]

Why...? Do they come back... grotesque, as you said?

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[caped_elite]

Death is permanent. Coming back is unnatural.

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[coraltaijiya]

That's true. [She's briefly reminded of her own resurrected brother and feels a pang. He may be... "unnatural"... and possessed... but he's still her brother dammit.]

But-- in some cases, like with Hinamori-- isn't it for the better?

[Oh, wait.]

Unless... there are side effects...

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[caped_elite]

You pay a price, reportedly. I have not experienced it myself. I have only gone through archives.