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[anciently]

[ Perhaps the light, female voice is familiar to those who hear it, recognizable as belonging to Aerith, or perhaps it's a stranger that you suddenly have chatting in your mind. Either way: ]

Hi there, everyone! I won't take too much of your time.

How many people have gone home from here and come back, and...how many have just...gone?

Just wondering. Thanks.

[ Those even a little familiar with the flower girl might note the uncharacteristic curtness to the message, clipped in tone and lower in energy than her usual... ]

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[halloflamer]

[A hesitant silence meets her returned sympathy, as Blue tries not to let it bring him down any from the high point he'd struck.]

...Yeah, [He answers, flimsily but still forcing that energy,] I can't ever give up on him now. I mean, I lasted all that while, so what's one little month or three in this weird place. Right?

[And it wasn't like Red had left this time. Not because he wanted to. So... it was different, and it was endurable. And he'd see Red again whenever they saw home again.]

[Right.]

You guys too, right?