[ this is an ungodly hour to be awake if you aren't insane like the two of you, and Rise's been getting her energy back, so that she was asleep when the 'gear startled Kanzeon into shrieking.
So it is that one very tired girl with her hair deciding to curl in even more directions than usual is worriedly looking into the room. What if it's not the same thing that happened to Ven? What if she's sick? What if something happened like the fog with Nanako, only she was pretty sure there wasn't any fog, but dammit this is Lightning-- ]
[ with a concerned glance at Leon, she approaches the bed. She's quiet for a minute, as though she's searching for something, then abruptly heaves a sigh and slumps her shoulders. Terrible posture for an idol, but she doesn't particularly care about that right now. ]
She just-- fell asleep?
[ ... well, good thing it was Leon, Lightning suddenly collapsing would've put Rise in Panic Mode. ]
[ for a minute Rise's lips tremble-- but then she presses them tightly together and takes a deep breath. Lightning will be okay. She is NOT going to cry. ]
She'd get pretty mad if she did. [ she's already locating another chair to drag by the bed. No use letting you sit and fret in silence, Leon. She's got this keeping-sleeping-people-company thing down pat. ]
[ He knows it, too. He is in fact envisioning it in his mind at this very second. ]
I hope not, if this heat keeps up.
[ The morning fog, so thick this time of year, had gotten burned away, and the thermostat had just kept climbing. Looks like they were in for a freak heat wave. ]
So it is that one very tired girl with her hair deciding to curl in even more directions than usual is worriedly looking into the room. What if it's not the same thing that happened to Ven? What if she's sick? What if something happened like the fog with Nanako, only she was pretty sure there wasn't any fog, but dammit this is Lightning-- ]
Is she--??
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She's fine. Just sleeping.
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She just-- fell asleep?
[ ... well, good thing it was Leon, Lightning suddenly collapsing would've put Rise in Panic Mode. ]
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She collapsed during our spar. I caught her before she fell, but she was already asleep by then.
[ He pauses, frowning. ]
It was like someone had switched her off.
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... I guess she's dreaming of home now.
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[ And Ven turned out fine in the end! See Rise, Leon can be comforting! In a really roundabout sort of way. ]
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[ it gets her to muster a smile, anyway. ] I really hope Light doesn't take a hint from him and sleep away two weeks, though.
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I...no, I hope not.
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She'd hate to know she lost all that time. [ A tiny, tiny spark of amusement. ] She could've been training.
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Maybe the first thing she'll do is drag you outside to catch up.
[ ... she's only half-joking. ]
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I hope not, if this heat keeps up.
[ The morning fog, so thick this time of year, had gotten burned away, and the thermostat had just kept climbing. Looks like they were in for a freak heat wave. ]
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You'll have to ditch your jacket 'til winter, at this rate.
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It'll be weird. Going without it, I mean.
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Do you really wear it all the time?
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It gets washed regularly. [ He lets that sink in. ] But the temperature didn't really change in Traverse Town.
[ So he wore it pretty much every day for over a decade, when it wasn't being washed or sewn up. ]
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