There were several things noticeably wrong with the way Tieria woke up. First, that he was lying down, on solid earth, rather than floating peacefully in zero-g. Second, that he was staring up at the sky. Thirdly, and most importantly, he couldn't feel his arm. However, instead of the more serious issue of the arm being missing, it was instead
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"I asked you a question."
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Looking over his shoulder at Tieria, Setsuna frowned, trying to work out why exactly he had just woken up from a sleep in the park, with Tieria of all people.
"Sleeping." He answered Tieria's question eventually. Sure, it was an obvious answer that was bound to just piss Tieria off, but that's what he got for asking such a stupid question in the first place.
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"Perhaps the question should have been why were you doing it," he spat.
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"I suppose I was tired," He replied drily, his tone not giving away the fact that he was just as freaked out about the situation as Tieria was.
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"...Japan. This is near my apartment." Setsuna's frown deepened as his memories of the past few hours slowly started to return bit by bit...he knew they were in the park because they'd gone for a walk...but the exact details were still somewhat fuzzy.
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He started to pick at some of the more persistant pieces of grass on his arm, looking as if he was trying to remove all traces of the ground.
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"The fourteenth of February," he replied, watching Setsuna, faintly confused. Something struck him as important, but he couldn't think of what it was. The date held no particular significance that he could think of. It was the date the first satellite of the GPS had entered orbit, and also that of the NEAR Shoemaker entering orbit around 433 Eros, but these facts were practically ancient history, nothing important. As for human social conventions...
"...Valentine's Day."
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...but a malfunction would only account for his behaviour, not Setsuna's. Unless he'd just been humouring him. That didn't add up either, it didn't appear to be in Setsuna's nature to play along with something like this.
"...Setsuna, I. I. I think there's something wrong. I need to return immediately, I need to check with Veda, I..."
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"...Did something force us to act like that?" He asked quietly. He didn't expect Tieria to know the answer, but he was pretty freaked out about the whole thing too, even if it wasn't obvious.
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"Why would it? What's the advantage of making us act like that? Wouldn't it have made for sense for us to...to kill each other, or something?"
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