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[linkthismemory]

[The feed clicks on for a moment, and Namine doesn’t look at it, instead she looks down at the table and the sounds of pencil against paper make it obvious that she’s drawing. It takes her a few moments to begin speaking, and when she does her voice is very level, almost one note. ]

My art teacher said I was very distracted today.

She asked what was

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[walkthedawn]

Some people think it's easier to be alone. ...How are you doing, by the way?

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[linkthismemory]

I'm... [She pauses speaking and starts sketching again.]

I'm fine, Riku. I think. ...I don't know.

How are you?

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[walkthedawn]

[He watches her, sitting back and nodding.]

It's okay not to know.

I'm...tired. It's been a long night for everyone.

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[linkthismemory]

[Her voice gets very tiny, just for a moment.]

Okay.

[She gives it a moment, then she attempts something like a smile for him.]

It was. Did you get any sleep at all?

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[madeinoblivion]

You can do whatever you want, okay? However you want to-

I'm sorry...Namine. I wish- I wish we could, I-....I don't know anymore.

Just...if they're going to send you home early, make sure you let us know so I can come pick you up.

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[linkthismemory]

I don't think I want to go home, but if I do, I promise I will.

I wish too.

[She stays quiet for a moment and then looks up at the feed really for the first time.]

I want to find something to do. I've been drawing all day and it's not- I can't think of anything.

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[madeinoblivion]

We'll keep wishing then...together. All of us. Sora and Riku- And Roxas has kept looking too.

You don't need to draw all day. Do you want to go out? We can just walk. Go down to one of the nicer places, and just...I don't know. Something?

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[linkthismemory]

We can wish she'll come back.

[She frowns.]

I'd like that, I think.

[She begins to collect up her pencils.]

...Could you come and get me? If we didn't go home, right away, I- Please?

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[illusionomicon]

Are you thinking you might feel something, Naminé?

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[linkthismemory]

I think...

I don't know.

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[illusionomicon]

Would you have liked to run back and join with her?

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[linkthismemory]

I think I should have known something was wrong earlier.

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[little_bandages]

When my brother died, I was out of school for a month or two before I was ready to go back. It's normal to take some time off and... get used to the new situation.

But I hope your friend comes back.

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[linkthismemory]

Did it help? To not be there?

[She pauses, and trails her fingers over the pages she's drawing on and it's just visible in the edge of the feed.]

I don't think she will.

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[little_bandages]

I don't know that anything could ever really 'help' it.

[ Ritsuka's sitting in a school courtyard, dressed in a sweatshirt with a collared shirt beneath, the sweatshirt stitched with the name of a private school. ]

But... I wasn't able to do much, for awhile. Losing someone... my doctor would say that's just as bad a wound as anything physical. And sometimes when you get sick or hurt, you just need a period of time to get better.

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[linkthismemory]

[She looks like she's honestly trying to think the whole idea through.]

Like something physical...

[She frowns.]

Did it get better?

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[pullsheavendown]

Sorry.

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[linkthismemory]

It's-...

It's alright. It's not your fault, Roxas.

[Voice]

[pullsheavendown]

I know. I just...I don't know.

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[linkthismemory]

I don't either.

[she pauses.]

Riku says it's okay, not to know.