23. Haze [Voice Post]

[corrinesbell]

Where...? Oh, right. The clinic. ...Damn. Did it hurt this much before? These wings...really sensitive.

...I'm really out of it, huh? But...but thanks. Lloyd, and Kratos...hope you didn't wear yourself out o-on my account. ...A-And Lavi...and Daisya. ...For talking. Think I owe you a lot.

'S easier to breathe, too. D-Did someone...?

[[ooc: We welcome visitors! You'll have to talk your way through (or sneak past) the clinic-people, though.]]

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[corrinesbell]

I sh-should've...kept running. R-really got away. *touches the bandages around her head with one hand. I was p-pretty stupid.

How d-do you think...I got up the n-nerve to...mmh. *she hasn't told him what happened, so that sentence would make no sense if she finished*

[moonstone-curse.livejournal.com]

Sheena... *gently brushes his fingers over the bandages, worried*

The... nerve to...?

[corrinesbell]

Mm, to...heh...t-to summon like that.

*takes a break for a few minutes, her hand dropping back to holding her ribs*

I l-lost...all my power here. But...there...s-somehow had it b-back. A-After they... *moves her hand again, closing it around her other arm this time, at the inside bend of her elbow* Mmh...they w-wanted me t-to summon...s-so, I did.

*there's more, but she needs to catch her breath*

[moonstone-curse.livejournal.com]

Sheena... *gently touches her arm, offering what comfort he can* *doesn't entirely understand how summoning works, so he can't gauge how bad it was for her*

[corrinesbell]

W-Was okay, at first. ...I had...enough mana. *stops, because that reminds her of something. But she'll save it* So...a-at first, I did...what they asked. S-Summoned one at...a time. ...Heh, the Summon S-Spirits...were...

*she smiles a little* A-At the end...th-they weren't really...paying enough...attention to it. S-So I called out...all ten. *the smile becomes almost a smirk* It wrecked...wh-whatever room that was.

[moonstone-curse.livejournal.com]

*has to smile at least a little at that, imagining*

They... really didn't expect that, did they?

[corrinesbell]

Nope. ...Th-they didn't like it. S-so they...did this. *she motions to her wing, which, right on cue, twitches and flutters involuntarily. She bites her lip this time, to keep from crying out*

The...th-the mana drain...'s what r-really...g-got me, though...

[moonstone-curse.livejournal.com]

*gasps softly and looks down, hands clenched and shaking at his sides*

I should have... protected you...

[corrinesbell]

S-Stop...sayin' that. N-Nothing you...could do...

*blinks slowly at him a few times* A-Allen...who was...'Mana'?

[moonstone-curse.livejournal.com]

But I--

*totally stops at that question, considering how best to answer*

He was my father. Or as close to one as I've ever had...

[corrinesbell]

You were...looking for him, as a kid. ...And y-you...brown hair?

*starting to lose being coherent. She's been awake and talking to people for a while now*

[moonstone-curse.livejournal.com]

Yes. *smiles a little sadly, though, at this age, he can deal with it*

Mana was... already dead then. I just didn't want to admit it...

[corrinesbell]

I...guessed. Some of...th-the stuff you said...

*falling asleep, although she's really fighting it. She's tired of nightmares*

Wh-what was...he like? ...N-Never had...mm.

*never had parents, but she caught herself before she said it*

[moonstone-curse.livejournal.com]

*wonders if he should be quiet, but... the child episode made him remember Mana all the more, and he thinks that she probably wants him to keep talking*

He was kind. He took me in when no one else would. He never... spoiled me, but he made sure I had everything I needed.

[corrinesbell]

He...s-sounds great.

*can tell she won't last much past this*

Y-You don't...have to talk...b-but... *closes her eyes slowly* I-it's...worse, if...I-I'm alone.

[moonstone-curse.livejournal.com]

No, it's... it's all right.

*has told others before, after all, and he's as close to Sheena as he ever was with the other Exorcists*

He... died when I was twelve. The Earl of the Millennium approached me, claiming that he could bring Mana back, so I...

I... did it...

[corrinesbell]

What...is it with p-people and...bringing b-back...?

*mostly babble-mumbling now, pay her no mind, Allen. She's basically asleep, although she heard what he said*

[moonstone-curse.livejournal.com]

Ah... I... I guess... when we long for someone we've lost, it is... difficult to think logically. The Earl... preys on that.

[corrinesbell]

Mmm... *one hand half-falls, half-reaches toward him* D-don't...leave...

[moonstone-curse.livejournal.com]

I won't. *holds her hand and squeezes gently*

Sleep well, Sheena. I'll... guard you against nightmares. *knows that he can't really, but saying it might help*