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[echoballin]

[The young Twin Blade warps into Mac Anu. He takes a few shaky steps, and then his knees give out, causing him to drop to the floor. Instead of getting up, he curls up into a ball and remains on the floor, silently sobbing.

His encounter with the two psychotic siblings have left him shaken and wanting comfort from the person most familiar to him

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[lookslikemomo]

[!!! Someone's crying! Momo Takeshi isn't just going to stand there and walk away. He walks up, crouches down and is very concerned.]

Hey, you okay there?

[echoballin]

[He flinches away from Takeshi.]

D-don't hurt me...!

[He backs away from Takeshi, fearing the other may attack him. He had never encountered people as malicious as Pandora and Prometheus before, and now that he knew those type of people existed, he wasn't sure if he could trust strangers.]

[lookslikemomo]

[Okay that's weird. And this one's never encountered a PKer before...]

Wha-- I'm not gonna hurt you! I just wanted to ask what was wrong!

[echoballin]

..............there were.....there were these crazy people in the other town.....they were....gonna kill me.....!

[He shivers and curls up again.]

[illuminatism]

[Her first thought to the sound of crying was that it might be Kokari, having reverted back into the crybaby that she and Issun had first met. But this was a different sort of sobbing. It causes the wolf to step forward and towards the boy, a more gentle (and motherly) side showing itself as she brushes her nose into his hair with a soft whuff.

She might not be the person that he was wanting to see, but the least she could do was attempt to calm him down.]

[echoballin]

[At first he flinches away from the contact. But then he realizes it wasn't a human that had touched him, and looks up to see the canine beside him. He stares at the canine with curiosity, and slight fear.]

[illuminatism]

[To calm a crying child down - whether they be human or sparrow - it was Amaterasu's initial reaction to headbutt them. But here in The World... Well, she had slowly begun to develop a more calm (and rational) way of going about things.

With a small tilts of her head, she watches the boy with a solemn gaze. The fear does not surprise her, not much since the people of Kamiki 100 years before had stared at Shiranui with almost the same expression. The flinch causes the wolf to move a little closer and nudge his cheek with her nose with a gentle whine.

She wanted to know what was wrong.]

[echoballin]

[The canine (a dog? Or was it a wolf?) was quite gentle, and that makes Narukami relax a bit. He had thought maybe the canine wanted to help him, and the gentle nudge and whine confirmed it. He wipes his tears and slowly, hesitantly, pets her.]

.....thanks.......I wonder if there are more people as crazy as those two.....

[tribal_gk]

[And after looking ALL OVER EVERYWHERE for the little guy, Genda finally finds him.

Aaand he's crying.

What?!]

Na-- Hey!! Narukami, what happened?!

[Lightly shaking the other boy's shoulders, now.]

[echoballin]

[It's Genda! He clings onto Genda and continues to cry, but he doesn't say anything. He's too upset and afraid to.]

[tribal_gk]

Wha-- ...

[His expression hardens. Something must have happened when he'd run off...

After a moment, he brings an arm around Narukami's shoulders, patting the kid on the back before trying to bring him to his feet. This was kind of a crowded spot... he didn't want either of them to get underfoot of anyone]

...Hey, it's okay. You're fine now, I've got you.

[echoballin]

I-I'm sorry I ran off Genda...! I won't do it again....

[He clings to Genda tightly, shivering. It'll probably be a long time before he lets go.]

[formywhale]

Hey! You're a Twinblade!
[ The young Twinblade runs over to you, seeing that you're obviously upset. He stops and crouches in front of you.]

What's the matter? Did something happen?

[echoballin]

[He flinches away from Kite.]

D-don't hurt me....!!

[formywhale]

Eh? I'm not going to hurt you! You can't even PK eachother in The World...Or did they add it on to the upgrade?

[echoballin]

[Narukami's not familiar with the term "PK", so he doesn't answer the question. Either way, he still shrinks away from Kite, whimpering.]