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[glowbrighter]

[Wriggle has died in Westport, and now she's back in her bed. Fast asleep and dreaming. But not for long; she wakes up with a terrified scream. You can hear it throughout the house.]

"I don't want to die!"

[She sits bolt upright in her bed, narrow chest heaving, eyes wide. For a few panicked moments she can't believe what her eyes are telling her

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[hourai_branch]

It's the bug! You're okay!

[glowbrighter]

N-No, I- all I could do was-

[soooob]

[hourai_branch]

Hey...cheer up.

You're safe now.

[glowbrighter]

B-But I d-died and I couldn't make M-Maka safe, couldn't make Sh-Shizu safe-!

[hourai_branch]

You get used to dying. I've died all the time.

About the others...they'll come back, right?

[glowbrighter]

D-Don't wanna get used to it! It hurts and...

[you suck at comforting, Kaguya]

S-So?! Just 'cause they can come back doesn't mean it doesn't matter that they...that they had to go in the fuh-fuh-first place...

[hourai_branch]

...It'll be okay, little bug.

[glowbrighter]

[....sniffles]

How can you puh-promise that?

[hourai_branch]

I can't.

But sometimes hoping for it is enough.