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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? ]

Comments

[swarmoflies]

And what is it, 'zactly, if it ain't you getting off noisily where we can hear? Even if it ain't, makin' us play guessin' games is right rude. Me Da says-

[She pauses. Her Da is touchy ground with her at the moment.]

Point is, say what you mean.

[grandtheftmecha]

Guess you've never heard anyone breathing heavy for any other reason? Maybe I just got back from a run. Maybe I was seeing how long I could hold my breath.

[swarmoflies]

Maybe if you were ya wouldn't be talkin' hypertheticals.

[grandtheftmecha]

Haha very perceptive of you. Maybe I don't want to tell anything.

[swarmoflies]

'cuz you want us to guess. Which I just got done saying is properly rude. If ya don't wanna divulge keep it to yerself.

[grandtheftmecha]

I was gonna talk about it, and then I changed my mind. I didn't ask anyone to guess.

[swarmoflies]

Whatever. Whatever it is, though, you should share it with yer mates. If you got'em. That's what they're there for.

[grandtheftmecha]

...they're part of the problem. Most of it.

Pretty much all of it.

[swarmoflies]

...what happened.

[She's trying to be more sympathetic.]

[grandtheftmecha]

[ It's a good trait to learn. Even if you just learn it to use it against people. ]

Did some terrible things, said some terrible things.

[swarmoflies]

Sounds like an average day fer me. So what?

[grandtheftmecha]

You uh... probably never hurt a friend this badly, anywhere close to it.

[swarmoflies]

Try me.

[grandtheftmecha]

It's probably nothing you wanna hear about anyways.

[swarmoflies]

...you think I can't handle it.

[It's just a statement of fact. Fact and disappointment.]

[grandtheftmecha]

...I don't know if I can handle telling anyone.

[swarmoflies]

Well alright. I'll give you yer space, then.

[grandtheftmecha]

I'll probably be doing better pretty soon.

[swarmoflies]

Good. Yer boring like this.

[grandtheftmecha]

Yeah, I bet. Don't worry, I'll be fun again.