[ She stops in the middle of the staircase leading up to the trailer's interior, staring back at him incredulously.
[ For her, Futaba's Palace was only a few months ago. She thought she had reckoned with the idea that her friends might come from different points in their shared histories, but clearly an entire year was a bigger gap than she'd braced herself for. Perhaps it shouldn't have come as a surprise - nothing in the limited information she's gathered had ruled that possibility out - but it still takes her a moment to wrap her mind around that fact and accept it. ]
That's ... reassuring, I suppose. [ She says after some thought, her gaze falling towards her feet. ] It means that no matter how bad the troubles we're facing seem, we find a way to overcome them.
[ Maybe that's not a complete guarantee - she's not sure that she believes people have immutable, predetermined destinies - but at the very least it's concrete proof that they can do it, and that's comforting. Enough that, when she looks up, there's a smile on her face. Tired, and maybe a bit melancholy, but a smile all the same. ]
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[ She stops in the middle of the staircase leading up to the trailer's interior, staring back at him incredulously.
[ For her, Futaba's Palace was only a few months ago. She thought she had reckoned with the idea that her friends might come from different points in their shared histories, but clearly an entire year was a bigger gap than she'd braced herself for. Perhaps it shouldn't have come as a surprise - nothing in the limited information she's gathered had ruled that possibility out - but it still takes her a moment to wrap her mind around that fact and accept it. ]
That's ... reassuring, I suppose. [ She says after some thought, her gaze falling towards her feet. ] It means that no matter how bad the troubles we're facing seem, we find a way to overcome them.
[ Maybe that's not a complete guarantee - she's not sure that she believes people have immutable, predetermined destinies - but at the very least it's concrete proof that they can do it, and that's comforting. Enough that, when she looks up, there's a smile on her face. Tired, and maybe a bit melancholy, but a smile all the same. ]