[Voice] It's like a new dawn

[kyudousha]

[A crackle of static. Her voice sounds strained, almost as though breathing were difficult.]

I need information on the police here.

[A cough, a hiss and the transmission cuts.]

Comments

[action] | [1/?]

[47_l0w]

[Yes, those are bandages on your boobs 83

So guess who's been camping out in your lab for the past week or so. And who is currently on the floor by your bed, having fallen asleep there after just being really frustrated. The coding wasn't working, he couldn't get as deep into the system as he thought he could, and Rita still hadn't woken up yet.

But sounds distract him - because he's pretty much been the only sound lately.]

Huh...?

[He sits up blearily, still a little sleep-confused.

...He hasn't slept that much in the past week, and it shows.]

[action] | [2/?]

[47_l0w]

[dfksdjfldsklf]

You're awake!

[action] | [3/?]

[47_l0w]

[...What are you doing talking. Atsuro stands, taking a step back.]

Ahh...you should take it easy for a bit, since you've been out for a while...

[A bit of concern, but for the most part, it's still relief.]

[action] | [4/5]

[47_l0w]

[...Oh. Right. His eyes go automatically to the places he knows were stabbed.

jdslkfjsdf for a totally different reason now]

A-ah! I, uh, just checked that they were healing...! I didn't do an-- [...Wait. She probably hasn't even noticed yet.]

[action] | [5/5] | ...may not tag back 'til tmrw orz

[47_l0w]

R-right, I mean, it's good that you're awake now.

How do you feel...?

[action] | 'sfine <3

[kyudousha]

[... what the hell is this person doing in her lab alksdfjsla--

Oh right.

...

She only remembers snippets, hands, voices, blurred out faces. He seems familiar. She remembers him vividly, remembers the slamming of the door.

She groans.]

... I'll feel better once you leave the room and smash your head into a wall. Tell me you didn't camp out here this entire time.

[action]

[47_l0w]

[...Smash his head into a wall--!?]

H-huh!? Well, I don't mind giving you some space but I'd rather not hurt myself like that...

[He looks away a little.]

...It's been a week.

[action]

[kyudousha]

[A week. She has to make sure. She wheezes.]

... did I die?

[action] | [1/2]

[47_l0w]

!?

[Her question takes him by surprise. It would take most people by surprise - before he remembers what Naoya had told him and what he'd verified for himself that people came back to life after dying, here in Somarium.]

[action] | [2/2]

[47_l0w]

...Not if I could help it. [His expression is a little grim here, and his voice is determined.]

It still hurts...?

[action]

[kyudousha]

[She blinks, surprised.]

You healed me?

[action]

[47_l0w]

[He pulls out his COMP from a side pocket in his pants and flicks the power on it to ON]

What I could, at least. [...

To tell the truth, he'd felt kind of useless.]

I never really got the hang of the whole magic thing though, so I had a doctor come to check you over.

[action]

[kyudousha]

[... So the COMP was even capable of doing that. She should have figured. Maybe she can examine it, once this awkwardness blows over.

It's like she knows him, only not really. Where does the line between fantasy and reality stand? How blurred it has become.]

Without my permission, even.

And? What did the doctor say?

[action]

[47_l0w]

-!

You were bleeding really badly, I didn't know what else to do...!

Something about shock and blood loss...I don't remember exactly.

[[...i.e. idk =3]]

[action]

[kyudousha]

[Useless.]

... enough about that. What's been done's done.

[Deep breath in, deep breath out-- hack, cough. Okay, there's something wrong with her lungs. Lots of staggered breathing here.]

... Do you know who attacked me?

[action]

[47_l0w]

You don't know!? [Surprise surprise surprise - ]

...I was going to ask you - The man, uh, Xerxes Break - he said that he'd taken care of it already. More importantly...

[/brb casting Diarahan to try and make things better.] You're having trouble breathing, right?