She snorted, but his next words left her concerned, and she watched him, arms folded, ears turned forward.
"I heard," she said, softly. What the Heroes were, why those of the previous cycle had remained… those thoughts fed her fears, brought back every time she looked at her own crystal. She didn't take it out much, these days. And someone like Manami… they didn't suit him. Not at all. The only salvation she saw was that perhaps, somehow, those doubles were not truly the people they knew… but that thought she kept to herself, unwilling to break whatever might be broken by speaking of it.
She started when he tensed, arms unfolding to prevent disaster if need be- and then he laughed, and she stopped. It wasn't a happy sound, and she watched his face, tail curling. He could try to laugh it off, but- something like this- if he held onto it, until it sank deep into his heart…
"No," she said, shaking her head, and stepped towards him. Close enough to reach out and poke his cheeks a few times. "Manami, listen. Sacrificing ourselves- that's what happened before. That's not where the answer lies. As long as we're alive… we can do something."
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"I heard," she said, softly. What the Heroes were, why those of the previous cycle had remained… those thoughts fed her fears, brought back every time she looked at her own crystal. She didn't take it out much, these days. And someone like Manami… they didn't suit him. Not at all. The only salvation she saw was that perhaps, somehow, those doubles were not truly the people they knew… but that thought she kept to herself, unwilling to break whatever might be broken by speaking of it.
She started when he tensed, arms unfolding to prevent disaster if need be- and then he laughed, and she stopped. It wasn't a happy sound, and she watched his face, tail curling. He could try to laugh it off, but- something like this- if he held onto it, until it sank deep into his heart…
"No," she said, shaking her head, and stepped towards him. Close enough to reach out and poke his cheeks a few times. "Manami, listen. Sacrificing ourselves- that's what happened before. That's not where the answer lies. As long as we're alive… we can do something."