Okay, this was crazy. This was beyond crazy. That was the craziest bit, how weirdly sane it was. But ... this might work. For real this time, without anything going wrong. Without anyone getting hurt. She might really be able to bring him back.
With
Dawn's help ... and
Isabel's ... and
Jarod's sketch ... would it be enough? She couldn't imagine it
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And then picking more up to start studying more. She's a geek. And then belatedly notices the phone on her desk. "Oh, I have a message."
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"Hi! Whoa, do you still have finals? Mine are over! I couldn't believe that one today, with the priests! That was so weird! Although I guess not for Fandom, huh?" She smiled. "Oh! Oh, the message is ... wait. Listen to it first and then I'll explain. Sorry."
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She hung her head. "Sorry?"
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Taking a seat on her bed- with her books- she asks, "So you're having a meeting?"
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She shook her head again, trying to clear it. "Sorry. Sorry. I'm ... this is ... we might actually be able to ..."
"First. Here." She hands Hermione the sketch. Her eyes might be just a smidge teary, but she has been very, very careful not to cry on it. "Th-this is. Him. M-my friend."
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"There's a girl here named Isabel who said sh-she might be able to ... find him. If he's out there. But she needed a picture, she said, and I didn't have one. But we do now. Dawn said that she might be able to get to him, if she knew where he was. Which is what Isabel can do. Maybe. We have a picture and ... with both of them, and that sketch ... it may not be enough. But. But it might. We might actually ... Hermione, I th-think maybe we can ... can bring him back. For real." She looked over at her roommate, eyes wide. "That's ... the meeting. To see if we have what we need and if this is dangerous and ... and if we really can ... really can do this. F-find him. Get him. Bring him here."
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She looked down, suddenly becoming very, very interested in petting the Judekitty and definitely not trying not to cry. "I just can't believe that it might work. I can't let myself, you know? I can't."
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All of which was true, except for the bit about not letting herself think about it. Or about Yuna, and him stepping through her to dive from the airship into the open air and ... stop it.
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She shook her head. "Not thinking about it. Being responsible. Planning. Yeah?"
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And then giggled. "Which means I have to be a negative-influence on you, some time. Really, you never get up to mischief? Ever?"
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