tenth.

[getawaywith]

[ phone ]

[For a while, nothing can be heard from the phone except rough, ragged breathing which teeters on the edge of sobs. It's not until after quite a bit of this that Shizuru speaks.]

I can't...ask for forgiveness...

Natsuki...how could I?

Natsuki!

[There's a dull clatter as she drops the phone. It'll be a little while before she gets

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[Phone]

[heartstar_blues]

No, you can't.

What the ☠☠☠☠ was that?

[Phone]

[getawaywith]

[She sounds a bit calmer when she finally gets back to the phone. A bit less sincere, too.]

I lost control.

I'm sorry.

[Phone]

[heartstar_blues]

Yeah, I don't ☠☠☠☠ care.

I've died enough times here that one crazy ☠☠☠☠ isn't going to make much a difference.

You got control of it now or should we be worried about putting your ☠☠☠☠ in a hole?

[Phone]

[getawaywith]

I'm perfectly fine now.

[Phone]

[heartstar_blues]

Good.

☠☠☠☠, look. I am still pissed but if you run into some serious ☠☠☠☠ and if you're not just a ☠☠☠☠ sociopath...

Give people a call. Even me though you'll just put me in a bad mood. I'm The Captain, I'll see what I can do okay?