AKIRA WHY ARE YOU HOPPING. her expression becomes pained, and luckily there's no emotion cooties this week, so! she heads right over, takes his arm, and puts it around her shoulders so she can steady him.
luckily, she's short, so! she makes a pretty good crutch!]
[HE HAS CRUTCHES OKAY, IT'S FINE. but he appreciates being steadied anyway, instinctively leaning into that with a sheepish smile. he knows. he knows how bad this is]
[she shakes her head, looking... well, guilty. she doesn't wan't to put that sort of expression on his face.]
...it is not the first time I have taken a life. In my homeland, I am primarily a healer, but... even healers must defend themselves on the battlefield. Sometimes, that means shedding your opponent's blood before they can shed yours.
[it doesn't make her hate it any less when it happens, though.]
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AKIRA WHY ARE YOU HOPPING. her expression becomes pained, and luckily there's no emotion cooties this week, so! she heads right over, takes his arm, and puts it around her shoulders so she can steady him.
luckily, she's short, so! she makes a pretty good crutch!]
I feel as though I ought to be asking you that.
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Iiiii could be. . . worse?
[could be. way better too, though]
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this face. that's it, that's the tag.]
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Would it make you feel better if we sat down somewhere?
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[TO THE BENCHES.]
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[thankfully between her and his crutches they make it there without incident. Akira takes a seat, before he gives Flayn a slightly concerned glance]
. . . you're sure you're okay? I didn't get to come see you yesterday after--
[well]
[she knows]
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[at that, she looks off to the side]
I have no one to blame for what happened but myself. [she sighs heavily] But I must admit, that was... not what I was expecting to happen.
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[now isn't the time to argue though, so. . . he reaches out to place his hand on her arm, just resting it there gently]
I'm so sorry, Flayn.
[as though saying it again will erase what happened on Sunday]
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[she shakes her head, looking... well, guilty. she doesn't wan't to put that sort of expression on his face.]
...it is not the first time I have taken a life. In my homeland, I am primarily a healer, but... even healers must defend themselves on the battlefield. Sometimes, that means shedding your opponent's blood before they can shed yours.
[it doesn't make her hate it any less when it happens, though.]
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This time, you weren't just defending yourself.
[she was being punished]
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[...]
It is alright, Akira. Truly.
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[he feels his anger flare again, his one good eye flashing with fire]
It's not okay. What this place forces people to do is—
[he snaps his mouth shut, and looks away. he knows getting angry won't help, and yet. . .]
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[she reaches over and very gently puts a hand on his arm]