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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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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.]

I don't mind it. It's not as bad as Flanoir was.

Hm. The difference is that Flanoir is prepared for these conditions. In Luceti, the sudden appearance of snow can catch us off guard.

Anybody who's been here more than a year'd better have a winter coat. ...It'd be a problem for the new people though. Are we still getting those?

I believe so, yes. The most recent cycle should nearly have passed, by now.

I know it's the right time for that. I just didn't know if people were still showing up. ...Too bad there's no good way to let them know about those stations in the forest before they figure the journal out.

[Her lean into him is going to get a bit heavier for a while. She's tired.]

[That's what Yuan meant, though. The cycle should nearly have passed, but there's still a couple of straggler New Feathers coming in.

He notices the heavier leaning, but aside from giving Sheena a bit more support, he won't really acknowledge it. Saying something about it will only make things uncomfortable.]

Some volunteers could put up a few more signs in the forest, with directions to the nearest station.

But you can't be sure they'd stick around.

[No, this won't do. Sheena shakes her head.] I've gotta stop for a minute.

[Yuan nods curtly, slowing to a stop.]

Do you need to sit down? [There... isn't really much around to sit down on, though.]

Yeah, but there's nothing that isn't covered in snow. It'll be okay. [a dismissive and pitiful hand-wave]

...

[Right. So. They'll just stand here for a moment then, Yuan supporting most of Sheena's weight.]

[That'll have to be enough. It was just a passing moment of gonna pass out, and it's going away now. She straightens up once it does.]

Uh, sorry.

It's fine. ... Take your time.

[The last thing he wants is for Sheena to pass out entirely.]

[The other reason she requested Raine's house was that it wasn't that far away, compared to her own. At least she didn't ask to stay at Yuan's?]

We can keep going now.

[To be fair, if she'd requested Yuan's house, Kratos may have been around to cast some proper First Aid. Still, Raine's healing magic is superior.]

All right. [And off they go, onward to Raine's house at a very slow pace.]

[It's a lot easier for her to bother Raine than Kratos, especially since his return - without memories. Living with the two of them for a while would've put her on edge, too.

Not that Raine and Albert are incapable of that.]

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