[Audio] - backdated to right after Aara's death

[mister_10_below]

[For once Bobby's making a post that's not video. His voice sounds different, hollow and a bit echoing, since he's still in his ice form. It's also pretty much devoid of emotion.]

Aara's gone.

If she comes back in the barracks, can someone look after her?

[It's his fault. He should be the one to do it, but he can't. He's stuck outside. He also

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[Audio]

[lightyourway]

Gone where?

[She can't be dead. Dead people don't come back.]

[Audio]

[mister_10_below]

[Having to avoid saying these words had been why he'd said 'gone' in the first place, but he can't just ignore this question.]

She's dead.

[Audio]

[lightyourway]

No, she can't be.

[It's a perfectly matter-of-fact denial, her emotions kept in check by a simple refusal to believe.]

How could she come back?

[Audio]

[mister_10_below]

I was there.

[He was responsible.]

People say that's what happens here.

[Bobby doesn't believe it. But he's clinging to it at the moment.]

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[lightyourway]

I-...

[She doesn't know what to say to that.]

Oh.

[What else can she say? At a loss for words, she closes her journal. She's sorry, so sorry. But that's not going to help anyone.]