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[exercisms]

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[exercisms]

They don't where I'm from, either. Sometimes, people leave behind spirits, but that's all.

[He doesn't want to dash her hopes, but it seems like a bad idea to put your hopes in something like that. Pretending death isn't real, just because if it's real, the consequences are painful.]

[heartablaze]

This isn't either of those places though. It might be connected to everything, but... the Realm is special. And at the trial... there's a lot of people here that say they're supposed to be dead, or that they've died before. Virid-kun... the only reason he even did what he did was because he was supposed to be dead.

I don't know if we can bring anyone back. But if we can, while we're in a place like this...

Shouldn't we try?

[exercisms]

We. . . we can try.

[But.]

But we should try even harder to prevent anyone from dying in the first place.

[heartablaze]

Mn, I know. The Realm, and stopping all of this... that's most important. I haven't forgotten.

I'll... I'll ask. After today, I... don't want to assume anything without asking again. But...

[A beat, before she holds up her hand, her pinky extended.]

I'm not going to do something like that again, Shigeo-kun. I promise. Even if I didn't know what it was going to do beforehand, it... still really, really hurt Shuuya-kun, and he can't even tell me how he feels because of it... and I can't take that back.

But it's my responsibility to see my mistakes and decide whether I'm gonna repeat them or not.

[exercisms]

[He looks bewildered for a second, but he'll take her pinky with his.]

Okay. If you want to try to make it right, then I want to help you do that.

[heartablaze]

[She nods, bobbing their hands a bit before letting go.]

...Thanks for telling me the truth.