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[Rei is in a hall of the Temple of Heaven, which is, miraculously, still fairly intact. Why, you ask? Because a few of the citizens of Adstringendum helped keep the entirely wooden building together -- and Rei, who is wiping a bloody blade clean on her sleeve, focuses on the PCD to address exactly that
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Rei, did you just redo the warning for the entire Temple?
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No.
[And Rei carefully fixes one last sigil.]
-- now I have.
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About thirty seconds later and the door to the Temple blows open telekinetically, the angel striding in moments afterward to fix Rei with another look, this time clearly unimpressed. He reaches out toward her shoulder without warning.]
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Until he touches her shoulder.]
Ah -- no, you are not.
[And Rei ducks backwards, hand on the wall.]
Save your energy. You're going to overextend yourself.
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I already have. It will not of much issue to do so slightly more, and you have lost far too much blood.
['Due to idiocy' he wants to add, but doesn't.]
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[Quietly -- though finally, her legs give out just the tiniest bit, enough for her to slide down against the wall and sit on the floor with a rattling breath.]
I need to start rebuilding the city.
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[He isn't putting up with her stubbornness, and reaches for her shoulder again, forcing his grace forward without hesitation... To have to pull it back immediately as there's the beginning of what is almost a tearing sensation. It's a herald that he's done too much and used more energy than he can afford to, and if he exerts himself farther he'll do serious damage and be right back to useless.
So instead, he sits down next to her, leaning his head back against the wall and pressing a hand to his chest.]
We all do. It doesn't have to begin this moment. You can rest now, and then be actually able to assist, just as I should.
[It's an unspoken offer of a deal; he'll rest if she will.]
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It should begin at this moment.
[But it's murmured as she lets her eyes close, to allow herself the tiniest moment of rest and relaxation.]
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It will be of no benefit to anyone if you become too unwell to assist.
[Guilting about usefulness always works on him, so he'll try that.]
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[She's still for a moment or two, taking comfort in the calm, before she rests her head on his shoulder, opening her eyes to stare at the opposite wall, which is free of blood and chalk.]
The only rest I had was dragging Toushirou to a safehouse.
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[He lets her do so; thankfully that shoulder of his coat is relatively unmarked by blood and ash, at least in comparison to much of the rest of him.]
If you are attempting to convince me of why you should not rest, you are doing a poor job.
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[She feels like her limbs are made out of lead, anyway. But she's quietly as she carefully raises a hand to pull at his coat sleeve, to get a better look at it, before she sighs.]
You need to change.
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[Though he doesn't have to in order to tell, now that he knows her so much better. When she tugs on his coat sleeve, he glances down at it, feeling some strange level of amusement at the situation.]
I should be able to repair it in an instant. I would normally be capable of it.
[But he doesn't have the strength right now. Though that reminds him...]
Once I recover I should be able to assist in building repair as well.
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[She has absolutely no intention of letting him get up and leave so long as she's stuck sitting on the floor. Which may be for a couple of hours. She's kind of exhausted.]
You'll hurt yourself permanently if you try to do too much too quickly.
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[He gives her a look.]
If you attempt to return to work rather than resting as well, I will know.
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So will I.
[You're not just going to fly away on her and start rebuilding the Taj Mahal without her, jerkface.]
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