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[corrinesbell]

[at first all that can be heard are muffled sounds of crying]

Zelos...you idiot.

[and the sounds continue. There's nothing else to say]

[...except that, as Sheena went absolutely overboard after Zelos, she isn't in any kind of good shape. She managed to make it from the site of the battle halfway to somewhere; she'd been separated from the group when she got angry, not wanting to have to look at him lying there. Long story short she's just on the ground somewhere sobbing and bleeding]

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[corrinesbell]

[she's curled up on her side, half-awake and all bandaged. She does manage to look at Lavi but isn't sure what to say]

...H-Hey...

[emerald-archive.livejournal.com]

[reaches out to brush his fingers through her hair] Looks like someone patched ya up all right. [he's got a bandage around his head himself, and he's moving a bit slower than usual] Want some water or anythin'?

[corrinesbell]

Yeah, I guess... [for a lot of reasons she looks just awful. And she can't really look at Lavi. He's reminded her of Zelos for a long time]

[emerald-archive.livejournal.com]

[leaves the room and returns a few moments later, holding a glass of water] Here... can ya sit up? Lemme help...

[corrinesbell]

[going to need quite a bit of help - her own head injury and being so depressed is slowing her down a lot. But once she's up she'll be able to drink the water herself with only a little guidance]

Thanks.

[emerald-archive.livejournal.com]

[helps her sit up and eases her back down to the pillows after she's finished]

Are ya all alone here? Anyone else helpin' ya out?

[corrinesbell]

Colette's here. [though she's probably crying in her own room at the moment] ...I-I'll be...

[emerald-archive.livejournal.com]

Don't seem like she's bein' much help to ya at the moment. [brushes his fingers through her hair again, quiet for a moment]

...

What happened, Princess? Looks like this's more'n just you bein' hurt from the battle, yeah?

[corrinesbell]

[still doesn't look at him. It's a while before she says it, too]

H-He died.

[emerald-archive.livejournal.com]

O-oh. [puts his hand lightly on her shoulder]

Damn. M'sorry.

He'll be back, but... that don't make it any easier on her right now.

[corrinesbell]

It's my fault.

[emerald-archive.livejournal.com]

Don't blame yourself like that. M'sure it ain't.

[corrinesbell]

He was trying to help me.

[emerald-archive.livejournal.com]

You would'a done the same for him, yeah?

[corrinesbell]

...Yeah, but...

[she hadn't thought of that]

[emerald-archive.livejournal.com]

So you can't blame yourself.