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[halians]

wanting to write kyoko every time

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[alphainforce]

[ Miss Kyoko is not that far away.

Alphamon stands by him for a moment, quiet. ]

Strohl?

[halians]

[ my bestie ]

... yeah. [ he says, eventually - a little distant, shaking his head. ] Yeah. What is it? Sorry.

[ calmer than before, at least but still very out of sorts. ]

[alphainforce]

[They've never been very good with emotions, and now isn't much different.]

Will you be alright?

[halians]

...yeah.

[ strohl's voice is rough - he sounds exhausted. ] Yeah. Have to be. I'll be better when we fix this and get the hell out of here.

[alphainforce]

[There's something familiar there.]

It's alright if you aren't okay yet. It's been a long day, and a long week.

How do we fix it?

[halians]

[ a friendly shoulder bumping against his. Look. We'll figure it out. Don't stress yourself too bad about it. You've got brains rattling around up there, and I've got the fists to back it up.

... ]

I don't - [ he starts, stops, and leaves his hand on his face for a moment. ] I don't know.

[alphainforce]

[They let the quiet linger.]

I don't know either.

[Years and years of not knowing, that's what they're used to. But they don't have much time to wait.]

[halians]

[ the frustration starts to boil again, low and angry. you're powerless, leon strohl. ]

-- Why didn't she say something? Could we not have used that information to prevent this - to learn something about this entire blasted situation?

[alphainforce]

[It's better to feel those emotions than to try locking them away or deleting them. So they do nothing to quell the storm of emotions.

Their voice stays calm.]

Some people don't trust others. Or maybe she was afraid of being talked out of it.