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[hexyoutotuesday]

[Her voice is hoarse and groggy. She's finally woken up in the hospital.]

He's gone. Just like that. I wasn't--[coughing]

...how do you cope when you didn't even get the chance to say goodbye? How do you...

Yoite.

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[walkthedawn]

I'm sorry, Jinx. For better or worse, he'll be back. Maybe he should let the doctors help him this time, or maybe they can find a cure for whatever he had.

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[hexyoutotuesday]

How can I be tired? I've been sleeping for two days. [She looks away from him.] I told the last nurse to only come back if she had more painkillers. After they told me--

...I don't want to deal with them.

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[walkthedawn]

Because of how hurt you were? [He looks her over again, and then to her face as she looks away.] ...After they told you what?

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[hexyoutotuesday]

It's complicated. [Meaning he's going to either have to dig deeper or be content in not knowing.]

I'm not as bad as I look.

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[walkthedawn]

How complicated? [Nope, not asking. Just casting Cure for the moment on her.]

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[hexyoutotuesday]

It's-- [She growls, pulling back her lips and baring her teeth. It's quiet, and she's not very dangerous looking.]

What are you...ngh.

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[walkthedawn]

Helping. [He reaches a hand up and passes it over her face and neck, trying to take off some of the problems there. Maybe then she won't feel so bad about looking at him; Riku doesn't care what she looks like. She's Jinx.]

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[hexyoutotuesday]

[Whatever he's doing, it's risky. With Jinx's luck, it might backfire. So she's nervous, eyelids now shut tightly. It looks like she has two black eyes.]

Not a good...explanation.

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[walkthedawn]

It's Cure. It's a healing spell. [He stops after another moment when he doesn't see many changes at all.] ...It's not working.

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[hexyoutotuesday]

[She shudders out a breath and her eyes slowly open. Weakly, she grabs for his hand. Her own is bandaged for the most part, but you can see burns around the base of her claws.]

I'm a much more powerful magic user than you are. My bad luck...it's probably overpowering you.

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[walkthedawn]

[His eyes widen at all the burns, taking her hand gently and putting it tenderly between his own. He raises his eyes to her. What she said made sense, but-]

I'm sorry. Did I hurt you...?

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[hexyoutotuesday]

Just... no. Everything hurts right now... so... heh.

[She looks him directly in the eye.]

Radiation poisoning is tricky. Sometimes... people don't get better.

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[walkthedawn]

Can I do anything?

[There's a pause as the realization hits, his eyes softening. Man, Jinx...]

There's...nothing they can do? Nothing at all, with all of the advancements they have?

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[hexyoutotuesday]

No. It's not that. It's... [She can't seem to keep her eyes on his for very long.]

I might get better. But I might get worse. You can't tell Joe or the others this, but... there's a chance my organs might start shutting down. Since I'm not human, I wouldn't have a donor...

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[walkthedawn]

[The Keybearer nods slowly, biting his lip.]

I won't tell them, I promise. [But the idea of her dying and potentially not coming back... His mind is racing.] Does anyone else know?

What if I could get someone to replicate your cells?

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[hexyoutotuesday]

Trauma... and Edgeworth. I don't want Yukimi to know. He just lost a kid. He doesn't need to worry about me.

[At his suggestion, she actually smiles, and shakes her head as much as she can. Her eyes close.] I don't want to become a mad scientist experiment. It's... it's okay. Really.