Rebel // 62 [Action] AU Event

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[There's someone else prancing around the village in the midst of night, and his reasons are similar to her's. Dreams, dreams, and more dreams. And tonight's dream felt... twisted

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[Now he knows, and he still thinks that, huh? Noel finally looks at him again, their eyes meeting. She's obviously upset here, but it's... the emotion's very contained for now, if that makes sense?]

I still think it's better than having to lose an arm.

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Maybe. But I didn't actually lose an arm. [Beat.] Besides, your dream sort of sounds like the kind of stuff that drives people insane.

[Stuff that you'd read in a story book. Ragna's read a book or two before.]

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But it was just a dream, right? Just like how you didn't actually lose an arm... [And she pats it.] ...I'm not going to let something like that make me lose my mind.

[She'll even try and smile to reassure him!] Let's not have these things upset us so much. They... They're only dreams, so in the end, everything will be okay.

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[Ragna is finding it increasing weird that Noel is sort of giving a pep talk, or at least reassuring him that his dream wasn't some sort of foreshadowing.

Really weird.] Yeah, I hear you. You've got a point. [Why did you have to pat him arm, Noel?]

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[You're bothered. She's bothered. Whatever, man.

...though did she actually have to pat his arm? She moves her hand, looking away.] R-Right, so... that's pretty much it, then.

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[Good call. That could have gotten awkward.] Yeah, pretty much it. [The tone of his voice says that it's still plaguing him in the back of his mind, but he won't respond to any more questions about it. Nor will he start on anything else about it.

... Nevermind about 'could have', since he's going to turn his attention back to the ground. It's awkward, alright.]

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Well, this is... pretty quiet now. Has there ever been a moment like this before? Why is it so... awkward?]

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[Probably. Maybe once or twice before, then they just up and left to kind of... wander. But this time, Ragna's mind is elsewhere.]

You really think I need to talk to Shikamaru more?

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[Whoa, man. Where did that come from? Not that it's a bad thing--hardly so. She just wasn't expecting it.]

...of course. Like I said back then, he's your son, right? I think it would be good for both you and him to spend some more time together.

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[It's bothering him. Now that there's that dream of everything burning -- and taking into consideration that Shikamaru could have disappeared just like his mother -- it's just unsettling. Everything can change in just one day.

Ragna groans a little.] I haven't been paying him much attention, have I?

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[...] No... you haven't. And it doesn't feel like you have in a long time.

[Sorry, man. She's gotta be honest about this.]

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[Tch. Is that why it was so weird for that conversation they had when he got back?]

And he probably talks to you more, right?

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[...this is actually making her feel a little bad, but it's not like she can tip-toe around it.]

I think he does.

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[He's looking over to her now. Focusing on the ground isn't getting him anywhere.]

... Sorry about that. [It's got to be a pain in the ass when someone else's kid treats you more like a parent than their actual parent.]

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It's okay. [She can't help but smile.] I'm glad... I'm close to him. Your son is a good person. [...] But this is something that's always worried me.

[And you know that.]