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[grandtheftmecha]

[ Not that anyone knows where she is... or so she hopes...

No, Kris could probably find her again if she wanted. That was why she'd taken the ring off, buried it for safe keeping if she ever felt like she could get away with it again. That might help. But Subaru would take a while to find Katina on the edge of the gardens. The sorry excuse for a tent she'd put up was camouflaged, proper military style, and she'd only barely found enough to eat and drink to not fall ill or drop dead.

...a vine was poking into her tent, the sort that carried messages. She tapped it.

There was breathing, heavy breathing from the other end of the vine, probably a good minute that felt like a good year or so to Katina. No matter what happened, people deserved to know that she was alive, right? Then they could do... whatever.

More breathing. ]

I can't... I can't do this...

[ And then silence. Maybe she'll see what the Queen does if she starves a few times - any other consequences can't be that bad right? ]

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...where are you?

[grandtheftmecha]

[ Oh. Of course.

... ]

...why?

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[of_the_highest_caliber]

Katina...? [ There's no mistaking it, of course, but somehow a question mark is all she could think to add. ]

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[grandtheftmecha]

Yeah.

[ That's it. Confirming that it is, in fact, Katina. Alive. Breathing. Somewhere here. ]

[of_the_highest_caliber]

[ Subaru is silent for a long moment. Maybe someone with more sense wouldn't have been relieved, but... ] I—

[ This isn't about her, is it? ] How— [ . . . Come on, words. WORK WITH HER. ] Are you okay?

video;

[spacejumping]

What happened?

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[grandtheftmecha]

...got what I deserved is what.

[spacejumping]

What you deserved?

[swarmoflies]

Ain't a single soul in all the gardens what cares about yer sex noises. Leave off.

[grandtheftmecha]

...ha. If only that's what that was.

[notvitiligo]

...Where are you? Do you need help?

[grandtheftmecha]

...out on the edge of the gardens, but I'm fine.