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[Ah, there you are. After Luke's little declaration and breakdown some time ago, and just not seeing or hearing a thing from Asch, Miyabi began to wonder just where he had gone. The words hit hard, so it takes her a moment to reply.

Gone. Not empty, gone.

Well, it's no surprise, then that she sees the smoke rising from the top of Ammy's tree, after all. She swings her legs as she sits on the branch, quiet for a long time to just watch. Should she say a prayer? It felt almost appropriate to do so... Finally, she opens her journal and asks, in a rather subdued tone--]

Where will you go?

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[Miyabi makes a soft, humming sound, thinking. Luceti most certainly wasn't something she considered a home - or at least not a good one - but then she always called the tree that grew here "home". Ammy's tree. And even if this place isn't "home", she still had fond memories, and people that she cared about here.]

I...I don think it would be better if you left. [She shuffles uncomfortably, thumbing a loose seam on her clothes.] And it all really depends on what you consider home. I guess for me it's a place where your friends and family are. In Nippon, that'd be my village, Ponc'Tan.

...But I have people I consider friends and family here, too. That includes you, Asch. So it wouldn't be better for me if you were gone, and I know there are more people who feel the same.

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You don't understand. [His tone is more snappish than he'd intended, though when he realizes it belatedly, he doesn't bother to apologize or correct himself. There's no sense in hiding or lying about how he feels about all of this.] You can't possibly understand the situation we were in.

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I don't? [Likewise, Miyabi knows there was sarcasm, and a bit of a bite to her own words, but it's mainly from the irritation of what she remembers each time someone she knew left. Three times she could easily remember, though there were many more. Kushi, Ammy...and Issun from back home.]

What do you think I wanted to do when Amaterasu went home? Without a word to me. [It doesn't matter that she can't speak. There are other ways to communicate and Miya knows it.] Then Kushi, without a word. I didn't find out until weeks after...that I was the only one left from my homeland. Both the sight of the mill and the cheery tree made me sick for a little while, actually. I even wanted to cut the tree down.

[And gods, did that thought disgust her, even now. How would Ammy feel if she came back and her tree was gone, because her friend cut it down? She didn't want to think about that, nor of her two friends leaving. Miyabi could feel tears in her eyes and turned away, pursing her lips to try and push the breathlessness away.]...I said I

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[Asch doesn't respond; did she come here just to judge him, to look down on him for what he chose to do to the house? Does she think that just because a loved one went home, her situation and his were the same? It's not- it's still not. To spend years loving someone, and to have it end like that- that mutual cruelty, that favouritism, that hatred- how could that be the same? What did she expect when she came over here? Smiles and relief and thanks?

At least she knows her friends loved her before they left. At least she can go back and see them again. This was the only chance he had, and now it's over.

And Guy still hated him before he left. Everything he thought had changed... hadn't. It's not the same at all.

He doubts her last comments are sincere, but he merely turns away, remaining silent. He's weary enough to not want to argue about it right now.]

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[So many things she doesn't know, perhaps never will, but she'd never judge. Judging someone is petty and cruel, and Miyabi would rather avoid it if she could. Though sh is beginning to think her visit was more than just wanting to see him again. Maybe to try and comfort him a little - which she failed at - or to try and get Asch to understand that he wasn't as alone as he thought.

Ah, she doesn't know, but she did enjoy seeing Asch again, even with the weight of somberness hanging over them. It was just nice to know he was still here. That's enough, right?

Miyabi wipes at the corners of her eyes and looks back at her friend, then just goes. She wanted to speak with Luke a little, too, but she's imposed on their generosity for long enough. It's best to not linger any more.]