HOMOPHONIC 🌺 MIZUKI OKIURA

[piteous]

it's a baby

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[adorabrawler]

[ what up. ]

Oh, there you are.

[piteous]

Hey, Mizuki.

[ He gives her a wave. ]

[adorabrawler]

[ she will come crouch next to ]

More offerings?

[piteous]

... Yeah. I don't know if this place will exist tomorrow or when we leave, but it didn't feel right to not remember her.

[ She was their friend, wasn't she? ]

[adorabrawler]

... Yeah.

Sorry we couldn't save her. I know you would've wanted to.

[piteous]

What are you saying sorry to me for?

[ He gives her a gentle hair ruffle. ]

I know you and many others wanted to save her, too.

[adorabrawler]

[ ruffle, ruffle ]

I dunno. I guess since we... talked about it? But you're right, there probably isn't anyone who wanted that.

[piteous]

I'm sure she's still in their hearts, but I hope the party is helping lessen the weight.

[ Vash is used to putting on a facade and pretending he's okay, but he's also emotionally weary. They've been with people nonstop because they had to hide from their other selves. ]

Could we have done something differently?

[adorabrawler]

Maybe. But this is probably what she wanted.

[piteous]

[ She did look tired and he's watched many people make similar choices, but... It's still hard to accept. ]

I hope she can rest peacefully.

[adorabrawler]

... Me too. She must've been struggling for so long.

[piteous]

[ That's something he can understand, but he isn't going to voice it.

A sigh before he smiles. ]

We're going home, at least.

[adorabrawler]

... Yeah. You excited?

[piteous]

More like nervous, but I am a little homesick.

[adorabrawler]

What's got you so nervous?

[piteous]

... I kind of left... At a weird time.

[adorabrawler]

Oh... Yeah, that'll do it. Maybe things will work out?

[piteous]

I hope so! If anything, I can keep running.

[adorabrawler]

Not—running away, right?

[piteous]

... I need to run away from the police, you know.

[adorabrawler]

You're still wanted?