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...why...?
[The question is barely audible: as if Umi asked this to herself. Her voice is slightly breathless but incredibly calm. Though anyone who knows her well enough can tell there's something building up behind that front.]
...why now... deities? Why like this? I... We were planning something for her birthday. And now...
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Will you be all right?
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The apartment'll live. And so will I.
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I'm sure you'll live, but coping is a process.
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I have to. For Hikaru.
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Umi... [ he says when his eyes finally meet her face. His bearing is one of quiet and calm and his voice solemn - what he says next is not at all meant to sound as though he is trivializing the situation. ] You worry too much.
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This was just... a reflex.
I'll be fine.
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You will be. [ She's not fine now, though, that much is obvious. He approaches her, picking his way across the room, and will take her hand if she'll let him. There's nothing he can say to make the pain go away, he knows, but... he's there, and that's about all he can do. ] It's alright.
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I...
[This hearkens so much of that one moment. Even if Clef hasn't lived it yet. Umi is stunned by the similarity for a second. Then she smiles down at Clef warmly.]
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