[ Kaito's actually not the worst when it comes to silently listening and processing information without throwing his two cents all over the place. As Mavis explains, even in so few words, Kaito can see vivid pictures—assumptions, all of them, based off his interpretation of the emotions bleeding from her aura.
Either way, he's been seeing auras for his entire life. He has a pretty good feeling that his guesses at her emotions are at least somewhat accurate.
In the end, he doesn't stop swinging. But his eyes are firmly set on her figure. ]
I know you didn't have to share. Thank you.
If there's any silver lining in this hellscape... it's that you have time to practice some more. With me. With the rest of us.
[ she looks up at him. tightens her grip on her pickaxe. chews her lip. ]
Yeah.
[ she nods a little, finally. it had not occurred to her until now — that the things which she was missing, the life that she had not gotten to live for exile and early death, might be lived here, now. that maybe she had already begun doing just that.
she looks back down at the pickaxe, then continues her work, a little more spirited for this reminder. ]
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Either way, he's been seeing auras for his entire life. He has a pretty good feeling that his guesses at her emotions are at least somewhat accurate.
In the end, he doesn't stop swinging. But his eyes are firmly set on her figure. ]
I know you didn't have to share. Thank you.
If there's any silver lining in this hellscape... it's that you have time to practice some more. With me. With the rest of us.
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Yeah.
[ she nods a little, finally. it had not occurred to her until now — that the things which she was missing, the life that she had not gotten to live for exile and early death, might be lived here, now. that maybe she had already begun doing just that.
she looks back down at the pickaxe, then continues her work, a little more spirited for this reminder. ]
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This tightening of his chest. The swell of warmth, the dizziness.
It's a different kind of happiness than what Hibiki evokes. All the more important because of that.
I̸t̶ ̴w̵o̸n̶'̷t̴ ̴l̴a̶s̶t̶.̷
'Ah, but nothing lasts forever.'
Smiling without saying a word, Kaito returns to their task. Right now, only the clang of steel against bone can overpower the beat of his pulse. ]