06 | Anger

[nirvananation]

[He's stumbling around, grasping for something to hold, feeling walls. Just...moving. He doesn't stop, he can't. Because if he stops, he won't want to start moving again. He'll want to just sit against a building and stay there.

But he doesn't. It  takes every bit of strength he has, but he manages to push forward. He may not be able to see, but he

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[lotuslife]

[Despite her re-education, despite her now bloodied and ruined and mangled hand, despite the festering wound of her missing eye, Vietnam is nothing short of exhilarated. The Factory did not return whole and new in the morning.

They've done something, at least.

But when she sees her brother stumbling around she stops, giving him a look. Something's off. But she talks on anyway, warmly.] It's still reduced to nothing. It worked...

[nirvananation]

[He stumbles a bit, but visibly brightens, turning in her direction.

He's facing in her direction, but isn't looking at her.] It is?! Ah...that is wonderful! [He beams, looking so very pleased.

They had gotten back at them. They had made an impact, and that was all that mattered.

Blind or not, missing an eye or a limb or a life. They had won. Even if it was a tiny victory--A blown up factory.]

[lotuslife]

[There's something strange about the quality of his gaze; the way it looks through her and not at her.]

Yes we...

...It is wonderful. Are.. you alright?

[nirvananation]

[He squints at a space a few feet to the left of her, in an attempt to seem normal. (Not that squinting actually helps him see, but you know.) He doesn't know she's not actually standing where he's looking, though.]

I am fine, why do you ask?

[lotuslife]

[That kind of gives it away.] What happened to your other eye?

[nirvananation]

I...am no longer able to see.

[lotuslife]

...They did that to you for being a lookout...?

[nirvananation]

It is fitting, I suppose.

[lotuslife]

...

[she puts her arms around him.]