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[wetfortono]

[follow-up to this]

[isn't terribly far from his cabin, kneeling and curled over the ground in front of him]

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[moefortono]

Ryuu-san!

[wetfortono]

[sorry sweetpie, ryuu-san is not okay]

[moefortono]

[So we can see. Kneeling down to his level.]

... Ryuu-san?

[wetfortono]

[breathlessly, without raising his head]

Kotoha. . .

[moefortono]

[Oh god. Reaching out to touch his shoulders.]

What happened?

[wetfortono]

[have I mentioned that his fingers look like they've been scraping at the ground? but he only flinches and shakes his head]

[moefortono]

[Oh. Oh, my big dumb wan wan, what have you been doing. Gingerly inspecting them before sitting flat on the ground, so she can try to look at his face.]

Ryuu-san. Please, tell me what's wrong.

[wetfortono]

[glances up with a helpless expression, which doesn't necessarily improve when he sees you]

Kotoha. . .

[moefortono]

What happened to you?

[wetfortono]

[lightly shakes his head, like he couldn't even begin to tell you something that horrible]

[moefortono]

[This one is beginning to wonder whose flesh a pound needs to come out of. Reaching out to hold his head still manually.]

Ryuu-san, please. You're worrying me.

Whose fault is this?

[wetfortono]

[hoarsely]

Mine. . .

[moefortono]

[... but I can't beat the daylights out of you.]

What happened?

[wetfortono]

[veeery reluctantly]

I don't know. Something was moving really fast, and. . .

[moefortono]

... and ...?

[wetfortono]

. . . and then everyone was dead. . .