EIGHT // 捌 {video}

[foresight2020]

[ The video comes on when the device is thrown? dropped? and hits the ground with the sound of breaking glass. The camera is upside-down and you can see some dark red liquid pool all around the device on the ground at the top of the picture - red wine, you might recognize it as

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1/idk. some. yeah.

[reed4context]

You--

[Said you'd be careful.]

[reed4context]

[That sound isn't Clow's sword.]

[Blood--]

[I don't-- you can't--]

Yue will--

[And I will go make sure he knows. And so he goes and checks.]

3/3

[reed4context]

Yue's coming. Stay awake.

[foresight2020]

I will.

I-- [ know I said I'd be careful and I WAS BEING CAREFUL FJDKAJF but I did not. Even have a chance. Seriously.

... Ow. Where is my train of thought? ]

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[reed4context]

Keep talking to me until he comes. [I won't scold you because I know you're not exactly the best fighter. Especially not with a broom. And look, my voice doesn't even waver! Too much.]

Where were you going?

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[foresight2020]

Mn. [ Look, I'm going to be as calm as possible in the hopes that it'll make you not worry as much.

... Except, wait, you'll see through that trick because you're me.

Damn. ]

The hospital. To visit Yuuko.

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[reed4context]

And you took alcohol? [For a moment he almost sounds amused. But this situation has little amusing about it.]

And you ran into that monster. It carries a sword, doesn't it? Tell me about it.

[Clow sounds too quiet, too calm. He'll keep him talking. Passing out would be a bad thing at this point.]

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[foresight2020]

[ re Yuuko he actually takes a deep breath (despite that it hurts) and speaks in an almost normal tone ]

She insisted. [ cough hack ohgod ow ] ... I--

There was argument over the fact that I was only bringing one bottle.

[ This is very amusing. Blood loss makes everything funnier! ]

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[foresight2020]

[ a bit of a pause - what was the question? Right. Monster. ]

It was like... a blue dragon.

And it had a katana.

... I don't know, either.

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[reed4context]

Laughing is going to make it hurt worse.

[Half-muttered under his breath:] A blue dragon, you say. You wouldn't think it would need a katana-- must be a Malice victim.

[And there is a long pause here too. Clow is still coherent, but the amusement is a bad sign. No one with those wounds should be amused.]

Do you see Yue yet?

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[foresight2020]

That's what I thought, too.

[ is no longer in a silly mood, at least ]

I can't find my glasses...

[ squiiiiiiiiiints ]

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[reed4context]

That's the problem with glasses, isn't it? Take them off and how can you find them again.

[Maybe he's feeling a little silly himself. Chalk it up to worry.]

I'm sure you'll hear him coming.

Now, tell me-- [Oh and he is out of ideas.] The English alphabet. Backwards.

[That should require some brainpower.]

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[foresight2020]

Z Y X W, V U T... S.

R, Q, M, N-- no, L...

... P, O, N, M, L?

....

I think I hear someone.

[ Which is good, because he was really getting too tired to talk ]

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[reed4context]

Is it Yue?

[Because, well, it could be Clow's dear friend the blue dragon coming back. Eriol half-wondered why it had ran away. Maybe Clow would know, but if he could hardly manage the alphabet he wasn't going to have any theories right now.]

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[foresight2020]

It--

[ Really doesn't matter at this point, does it? Would he even be able to tell? Even if it were some sort of monster at this point, maybe he'd believe that it was Yue anyway. ]

It is. ♥

[ Fortunately, he just happens to be right. ]

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[reed4context]

[Eriol breathed a sigh of relief, quite without realizing.]

Well, maybe they'll put your hospital bed near hers, at least, hmm? Since Yue is there, I'm going to let you concentrate on him.

[He closes the connection.]