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[prayingone]

[Accidental Voice]

[The journal clicks “on” to reveal a pair of skinny ankles and bare feet in the picture area, the toes wiggling experimentally in the mud. The sound of the river can be heard in the background. There is a voice talking, that of a young woman; she sounds nervous (scared, even) as if she’s trying to calm herself down by talking to

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[nicknaming]

Man, the Mally people need to make up their mind.

[prayingone]

Norma!... is that you?

Um... who are the Mally people?

[nicknaming]

Yup, that's me!

I'm tried of telling everyone this but I'm doing this just for you~! Er, they're people who captured us here.

[prayingone]

Thank goodness...

Oh, I'm sorry... we -- we've been captured?

[ratatosk_knight]

Um, hello...

[prayingone]

Oh, wow, it really responded ...

I'm a little, um... confused. If -- if it's not any trouble... could you help me?...

[ratatosk_knight]

I'm Emil... what's your name?

[prayingone]

It's nice to meet you, Emil... my name is -- Shirley.

[voice]

[filial_guardian]

[There's an almost inaudible sound as Walter's breath catches in his throat.]

...Merines?

[voice]

[prayingone]

[... that's not a voice she'll ever be able to forget.]

Th-that's ... how could --

[voice]

[filial_guardian]

So it really-- [Again? Why?!]

This is Luceti. This is part of its nature.

[voice]

[prayingone]

But, Walter you... you -- [... you know what, maybe we shouldn't finish that sentence. It's likely to be painful for everybody involved.]

... Luceti. Is that the name of this place?...

[knighted_lion]

Yeah. There was snow.

[prayingone]

Oh! Um, thank you. It's spring now, right?

[knighted_lion]

Yeah. April, if that means anything.

[prayingone]

It does, yes... It -- it was summer, on the Legacy...

[holysovereign]

Oh my... Shirley? Is that you, dear?

[prayingone]

M-Madam Musette?... I -- yes. It's me...

[holysovereign]

Where are you, dear?

[prayingone]

I... I'm in a forest, by a river...