He didn't like to be by himself sometimes. His thoughts caught up with him, surrounded him and made him remember that time. He was broken when they found him, and he wasn't sure he was fixed now. He wasn't sure he'd ever really be fixed. It made him angry, that those people, the enemy, would do something like that to him. It frightened him, to know
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Here. She's in the Earth Palace that has so many conflicting memories of trauma and of peace for her. She knows it from the graceful lines of the architecture to the rich fabrics and furnishings. By instinct she reaches for her teletia-S... only to discover she's already caught.
"Jadeite..." Mercury finds herself staring at the youngest shitennou. Caught off-guard, her expression looks almost uncertain.
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But firming up somewhere else they can skate would be a bit more subtle.
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He gives her a Look, as if to say, 'well, let's see it.'
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"Want something else?"
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It doesn't occur to her that it might be going too far.
"Aren't you coming too? You don't need to be afraid of thick ice."
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"I'll make you a pair, too, if you want."
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But he does.
He shrugs. "If you want," he agrees.
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But she doesn't do anything to hurt him. Jadeite's boots get their turn to glow, and end up with sharp, glimmering ice blades. Mercury gives a smile of satisfaction, pride in her little handiwork.
"Those won't melt until we're done." Say thank you.
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