[It's been about three-four days since anyone has seen Naoto walking around the village since she was mallynapped but now she's back, in a way at least. The girl who has returned is familiar to two people but to everyone else, say hello to a very mood-swingish and angry Naoto. It doesn't help that she woke up not knowing which way to go, it's
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[At least, the voice sounded like it belonged to her when he imagines it without the sobbing and hiccuping. Judging from the background sounds, she's by a river . . . and he isn't certain that she'll answer back in time or find her way with the way she's behaving. There are several rivers in Luceti, but he'll take his chances of finding her by checking each spot he can remember. With Rise having asked about her and that worrisome video from earlier, he can't just let this go even if he only barely knows Naoto.
He should find her, eventually.]
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Oh but, she has no intentions of stopping to talk. You see, she's in a rather bad mood right now and would rather not communicate to one of those disgusting humans]
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Naoto.
[Oblivious as he is to her current situation, he greets her with her name, taking in her different attire and -- had her eyes always been that shade of striking yellow? It's entirely too bright compared to what he vaguely recalls being more mellow. It's hard not to notice once she's close enough.
His eyes narrow very slightly, his posture stiff and his mindset wary.]
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She still isn't going to say a word though. Instead she just turns her gaze up to meet his, standing completely still with a more sour look on her face. Speak quickly because she doesn't have the patience for idiots like you. There are more important things to be done]
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Are you all right? Earlier, you were . . .
[He trails off. She would know what she did, and speaking from experience, he never did like being called out on his crying back in the day.]
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But when he doesn't continue she actually turns just a little to face him, her expression unchanged...or maybe a little more agitated but still not a very happy one.] Are you incapable of speaking? Finish the sentence.
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Crying.
[There. Happy?]
You seemed to yearn for company.
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It's how she feels.
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A second personality?]
She?
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[Because it's true that she is Naoto, whether someone is referring to her in the TV or the her that's in this body. Confusing you yet Hubert?]
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No, everything is off.]
Then you and she are the same.
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[Yep]
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And what do you mean by true self, exactly?
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I see.
[The explanation is much easier to grasp than he anticipated. It might have helped that he loathes lies, but . . . ]
You are what lies behind the façade. Or something along those lines.
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