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133. Omission

[Out of the tunnels and into the plaza comes one very tired ninja, limping. Anyone lingering in the area will see a very surprised face...at all the snow.]

Whoa. Winter. ...I wasn't gone that long right?

[It's cold and she has no coat to speak of, but as she looks around, she realizes the fountain is about as far as she thinks she can go on her own. Time to sit on its edge, open that journal and see what the heck is going on. ...And let people know she came back. At least it wasn't like she was kidnapped or something.]

Hey! Nobody told me I should've been ready for a blizzard.

I could use a little help though.

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[Well well, the Malnosso cleaned up after themselves? That's a rare treat. This is more similar to a draft afermath than a kidnapping aftermath, but there was no draft recently.

Once Yuan's close enough, he holds out the blanket for Sheena to take.]

What happened?

[She takes it very carefully, needing to maneuver a little to get it around her shoulders. Then Yuan gets a smile - a real one! And a grateful one.]

Thanks. I got an assignment, so I went.

[That's ironic. Yuan told Raine only a few weeks ago that he was under the impression no one would be interested in those missions.]

Is that so? It wasn't too difficult, I trust?

Well I made it back, didn't I?

[All of her interest is tied up in the idea that the more she learns about what's going on out there, the better off she'll be. A little reward or two keeping her safe from experiments won't be so bad either.]

Fair enough. [He should've known the restless people like Sheena would take the missions anyway.]

Do you need anything else?

[This is kind of embarrassing to ask for. But.]

Yeah. I need help getting somewhere.

[She's exhausted and limping and it's cold. Do the math.]

[In the early days of Luceti, Yuan would have felt awkward about doing this for Sheena, but... After nearly four years of ultra awkward on both sides, he's gotten used to these sort of things.]

Of course. Where are you headed?

Well I wanna just go home, but...I dunno how much I could do for myself by myself.

[And she doesn't want to be in the clinic. In either clinic. Not when she's not having some kind of emergency.]

So I guess...we could try getting to Raine's. [Of course, if she's not home, they'll have to try something else.]

Then, let's go.

[He holds out a hand for Sheena to take. Let's assume she's fit enough to be pulled to her feet. Yuan can always support her once she's up.]

[A hand up is great. She'll do most of the getting up herself, though, because if he pulls the wrong way things could fall apart. Once she's up, she will appreciate support in walking, yes. It's icy and slipping would hurt so much.]

[In that case, he'll help Sheena put her arm around his shoulder, so they can slowly make their way towards Raine's house.]

How long were you absent?

I dunno. I left on...really early on the fifteenth, I think. So how long's that?

Precisely one week. Today's the 22nd.

Oh. Wow. ...When I saw all this snow I thought...it'd been longer.

There was a rather heavy snowfall during the weekend.

Aww, and I missed it. ...I bet my house is freezing.

[What these two must look like walking down the road.]

[Especially with that blanket still partly wrapped around Sheena.]

I'm sure you can stay with Raine and Albert while you wait for the house to heat up again.

I'm pretty sure once we get there, she won't let me leave.

Problem solved, then.

Not if I end up with a lecture.

So did I miss anything important? [Guess who still doesn't know a thing about Mithos]

[And guess who is rather reluctant to bring this up? Plus, this whole Mithos thing took place before Sheena went on her mission, so he assumes Raine told her about this. At least the part where Mithos went 'missing'.]

Nothing comes to mind.

[If she heard about it, it was in the most basic detail. And she had her own struggles to deal with at the time.]

No other weird experiments? Nobody from home showing up, besides Lloyd?

[She's been wondering where Lloyd decided to live, come to think of it.]

None that I know of. [He will actually run into Marta a bit later on in the day, but... Nope, nothing yet.]

It's been a relatively quiet week.

[Having no background knowledge of Marta, Sheena wouldn't find this as remarkable as, oh, say, the boyfriend.

Yuri gave her hope.]

Guess that's better than a crazy one.

Yes, that's true. The snow's already enough of a hassle right now.

[And to think he just asked Grune to fix up his garden, only to have the thing covered with snow.]

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