[Rei is sitting on the floor, her knees to her chest. Her back is pressed against an invisible wall -- a chamber, of sorts, made out of energy. She is perfectly still, breathing slow and even, her eyes fixated on whatever is in front of her
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Uh. You aren't gonna climb out of a well or tell anyone they're gonna die in seven days, are you?
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Then, it hits her -- he doesn't know. There was no other explanation for his nonchalance.
Her fingers curl into the edge of her pants abruptly, knuckles white.]
I need to talk to you, too.
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[She has to force herself into saying it. Ignoring what happened -- that won't spark another incident.]
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[Hitsugaya needs to be convinced she won't try to kill anyone again.]
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There is Gabriel, standing outside... Okay, not standing, more like pacing like an annoyed tiger.
...Okay, so he might have been out there the whole hour. Something's wrong. Big time.]
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When she speaks, her tone is extraordinarily small. And lost.]
Gabriel.
[Please stop pacing before you make her tweak.]
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But the resolve soon left as she began to talk.]
I had a vision. Of him. He slammed into a wall -- hard -- and he --
[Rei forces herself to suck in a breath.]
I tried to find him, but Jinx found me first, and I -- I lost it because she wouldn't leave me alone and then I just -- I just had this feeling, I knew -- I was too late, but I -- tried.
[She falls silent before swallowing, continuining quietly -- almost pathetically.]
I tried.
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Castiel's dead.
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[He would have contacted her. He would have demanded why the ever loving hell she had decided to go against Lucifer -- no, he wouldn't have even let her leave the house.
But more importantly, their lines of Fate were intertwined -- Rei was caught in his future. And by seeing that vision -- Rei knew, as soon as her stomach fell, that the angel was no longer alive.
Her eyes are full of tears, but she doesn't let them fall. This was her fault, after all -- and she lost the right to cry about it when she trapped Lucifer in holy fire.]
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[ -- ah, there's the harsh snappiness that she was missing.]
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[For a small girl, Rei has quite the presence, and she scowls up at Gabriel, fists clenched.]
Cas' death isn't anyone's fault but mine.
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