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[fireflowered]

[ oh look, it's Kohaku. she's sitting on her bed.

but she's quiet. too quiet. and she doesn't seem to be moving. she doesn't seem to have anything to motivate her to move.

... look at her eyes. they look as though she has no soul.

dare you ask what's wrong with her? ]

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[swordofswans]

[To this prince, this seems to be a familiar expression. Yes, he has worn it often enough himself, in the past.

Having spoken to Kohaku before, the sight of it fills him with particular horror.]

Miss Kohaku, what is the matter?!

[fireflowered]

[ she barely reacts, but it's apparent that she heard his voice. she's not sure where it came from, though, and she doesn't seem to care. ]

What's ... the matter?

[swordofswans]

[His mouth tightens, worry obvious on his expression.]

Has... your heart been stolen from you?

[He hates to ask; the words are bitter. But he must find out, even if he doesn't believe she could give him an answer, he has to try.]

[fireflowered]

My ... heart ...

[ her expression doesn't change. at all. ]

[swordofswans]

...What is the last thing you remember?

[fireflowered]

I ...

Inca ... rose.

[swordofswans]

What is that?

[He speaks gently now, carefully. It may not matter to her, but if he can do anything to ease this, he will.]

[fireflowered]

Incarose ... was after ... Big brother and I ...

[ even as she says this, the emotion that should be there isn't. her tone is purely objective. ]

[swordofswans]

You... remember.

[He sounds softly surprised. Perhaps what she has lost is different, but what matters is that she has lost something.]

If you can, please... Tell me more.

[Perhaps, if he can make her remember, he can bring back what she is missing. He hopes.]

[fireflowered]

[ she's quiet again, but not because she doesn't want to talk. it's more like she's trying to remember and can't quite find the words to describe it. ]

[swordofswans]

Whenever you are ready... Please continue...

[He takes an even breath.]

I will help you, so do not... ["Worry." But she can't worry. He can tell that much.]

...I will help you. Know this well.

[fireflowered]

she found us ...

[ that's all she can say. she can't seem to describe what happened, but she can manage this at least. ]

[swordofswans]

...You were found here?!

[He does not yet have enough of an idea to realize just how skewed her memories are, and believes she refers to the immediate situation- Or rather, he does not understand that for her, the situation is something less than immediate. As it is, he believes that if something here is sealing people's emotions like this, he must know what.]

[fireflowered]

[ and it's only now that she's noticing she's not in her own world. had she any emotions, she'd be a bit more freaked out. ]

this ... is not ...

[ where was she last? ah, right ... ]

Shing's ... house.

[swordofswans]

You are... in the City of Vatheon. Is that not where you were found?

[Some confusion strikes him now- If she wasn't found here, then what has done this to her?]

[fireflowered]

... Celirand.

[ that's the name of her world. ]