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[This morning, with things only getting more and more out of control, Nephry decided it was past time she looked in on a few people.

And by a few, we mean just about anyone she knows well enough to care about. Even if she had just talked to them the day before. Her own experience of the experiment and holiday seemed restricted to a few sinister

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[She will knock. Rather more forcefully than usual. That's how things are right now.]

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[oh, she's not going to stop knocking.]

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Yes. [oh Minato you look awful] May I come in?

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I don't want to disturb anyone.

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You look like you could use some sleep as well.

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[she waits until they're through the room to say anything else]

But something is stopping you.

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[the kitchen looks normal to her, if a little...dark. But Minato's abrupt stop is cause for concern, and she rests her hands on his shoulders]

Minato? What is it?

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[that was so very much not nothing. But she reaches over to turn the light on, and her next step will be to (gently) make him sit down in a chair.]