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[There's a gentle whir over the phone, like the soft hum of a processor of a computer working just a little too hard.]

M-Minato-san.... Ken-kun... Kaito-san...

I...

I'm... s-sor--

[and there's a click as the phone hangs up. She can't bring herself to do it. She won't be responding over the phone :|b]

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[personajesus]

[Minato hadn't gotten the chance to say anything before the phone had been hung up, only barely catching the apology, but as soon as he heard the voice he knew who it was-- it didn't take him very long to leave the house and go to Aigis's home.

he knocked on the door at first, but after a moment he shook his head and just opened the door and headed in, figuring if Aigis was home she might not answer the door anyway.]

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[She was in her room, and in a bad state. The lights were out and the curtains drawn as tightly as she could make them.

And she... was kneeling on the floor. Pieces of her headband, the guard over her right earpiece... they were missing, scattered over the floor. And Six-Shot lay disassembled on the floor, in as many pieces as she could separate it into without the use of both hands. She'd cut off her connection to both her arms and legs... And while it was obvious she'd been crying before, now she was silent... silent but the sporadic hum.]

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[personajesus]

[after searching the lower level of the house and not finding her, Minato made his way up the stairs, and when he finally found the door to Aigis' room the scene before him was a bit... unsettling, to say the least.

light from the doorway flooded the dark room with simple daylight, illuminating all the scattered parts over the ground. the teen simply stared at them all, jumping to so many bad conclusions it wasn't even remotely funny, before finally noticing Aigis kneeling on the floor. Careful not to step on anything, the teen made his way over to the robot and kneeled down beside her, a mildly worried expression on his face as he reached a hand out and placed it on her shoulder.]

...Aigis?

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[Her eyes went wide when he touched her. She would have jerked back if it wasn't for her inability to move. She was still for a few seconds before--]

You should not be here.

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[personajesus]

[pff, like that matters to him. he doesn't even properly acknowledge the statement and instead asks,]

What are you doing?

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[vitative]

I

[A very, very long pause]

I am dangerous.

I am making it impossible to harm anyone, again.

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[personajesus]

You didn't harm anyone.

[and he sounds fairly sure of that fact, despite the circumstances.]

...what happened wasn't your fault.

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[vitative]

I killed you.

Ken-kun. Kaito-san.

I promised to protect you all... and I could not protect you from myself.

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[personajesus]

[he almost winces, but doesn't.]

It wasn't your fault.

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It was my body... I killed you all.

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[personajesus]

[he lapses into silence at that. even if it wasn't Aigis, it was still her body that had done it--as she'd said--and it was still his and Ken's and the other boys blood she'd no doubt woken up to on her hands. and Minato didn't know how to make that better.

so he sits there for a moment, just looking at her. but then he lifts the hand on her shoulder and moves to brush a few strands of hair from her face, giving his head a little shake.]

I still want you to be by my side.

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[for the first time since he's entered she raises her head. There's a desperate look in her eyes.]

I am dangerous. I will hurt you if I remain by your side.

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[personajesus]

...If something happens again... if you promise to stay by my side, then I promise I won't let you hurt anyone.

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How... how can you stop me? I was designed for battle... designed to destroy.

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[personajesus]

I can do enough to keep you from harming anyone.

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You were unable to prevent it last time.

[She looks so very, very guilty.]

I... will remain here. Where I cannot hurt you, again.