video ---> action;maelstromsDecember 21 2011, 17:46:04 UTC
Of course.
[ Once more, he bows his head, bringing the conversation to a close in short suit. What else can be said, after all? He needs only to go to her, to find her, and when he does, he embraces her without a single thought.
He'll not let her go without her asking it of him. The broadcast of a memory, he knows, was a painful one. ]
[She's kept it in long enough; it's been in her mind the whole entire mind as she slipped up. It's not the first time she's hurt someone or something. The panic of hurting someone again overwhelms her. Hotaru tries to keep her composure, but to no avail.
[ His heart sinks as she sobs against him, her tears wetting the material of his shirt. Instinctively, he holds her more tightly; protective, as though he could possibly hope to shield her from herself. ]
I'm so sorry, Tomoe-san. I'll do my best to help you through this.
[ He sounds so certain then, in that moment, a hand lifting to trace soothing patterns against Hotaru's shoulders in an attempt to calm her. She's naught but a slip of a girl, trembling in his very grasp, and regardless of the dark energy she is unable to control...
She will not hurt him. His confidence is undeniable. ]
And so long as you are by my side, you won't hurt anyone. I promise you that.
[That's enough to calm her, but to the point, as soon as Hotaru hears that promise she looks up. All the more perplexed at the possibility of such a thing.]
I... should have confessed this to you long ago, perhaps.
[ He meets her eyes, brushes away the salt-stains of her tears with a gentle hand, and smiles. Though the expression is laced with concern and far from bright, it bears reassurance enough for the both of them. ]
I have abilities like you. To heal, and to manage energy. Admittedly though, I am not quite so skilled with the former.
[ For he has not yet discerned the cause, the what, and the why for himself, and it is likely, he thinks, that Hotaru has not yet been able to either. ]
[She calms down abruptly. Part of her feels this is bad news and she's not even sure why. Something stirs faintly, just a hint. Hotaru wordlessly grasps onto him, she sniffles. It's enough to calm her. She's not even sure how he's able to do it, but if it helps...]
I would be... very grateful.
[Hotaru's knees buckle, just a little. The emotional toll this took on her makes her weak.]
[ Without realizing it, she said, and that is what troubles him the most. Does this have any direct correlation to...?
Perhaps it does, and if so - ]
The past must have been on your mind, for the Forge to pick it up. But then is not now, please remember that.
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But it's not just the past, Ukitake-san.
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[ A beat of silence. ]
You needn't hide from it.
[ Nor from him. ]
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Would you like to talk about it then, Tomoe-san?
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[ Once more, he bows his head, bringing the conversation to a close in short suit. What else can be said, after all? He needs only to go to her, to find her, and when he does, he embraces her without a single thought.
He'll not let her go without her asking it of him. The broadcast of a memory, he knows, was a painful one. ]
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The frail girl breaks into sobbing.]
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[ His heart sinks as she sobs against him, her tears wetting the material of his shirt. Instinctively, he holds her more tightly; protective, as though he could possibly hope to shield her from herself. ]
I'm so sorry, Tomoe-san. I'll do my best to help you through this.
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[She clings closer as her body starts to shake.]
It's not... that simple. I hurt people.
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[ He sounds so certain then, in that moment, a hand lifting to trace soothing patterns against Hotaru's shoulders in an attempt to calm her. She's naught but a slip of a girl, trembling in his very grasp, and regardless of the dark energy she is unable to control...
She will not hurt him. His confidence is undeniable. ]
And so long as you are by my side, you won't hurt anyone. I promise you that.
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But... how?
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[ He meets her eyes, brushes away the salt-stains of her tears with a gentle hand, and smiles. Though the expression is laced with concern and far from bright, it bears reassurance enough for the both of them. ]
I have abilities like you. To heal, and to manage energy. Admittedly though, I am not quite so skilled with the former.
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R- really...? But... I don't understand how that will help.
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[ For he has not yet discerned the cause, the what, and the why for himself, and it is likely, he thinks, that Hotaru has not yet been able to either. ]
-I have faith in my ability to suppress it.
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I would be... very grateful.
[Hotaru's knees buckle, just a little. The emotional toll this took on her makes her weak.]
I'm very sorry...
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