countermeasures | chroma | catchall for vin

chroma | catchall for vin

i haven't had coffee yet so this won't be pretty yet

[it shouldn't.

is there some way to get home, but to not lose touch with the people they've grown to care for here? jiuqing doesn't know. at this point, even making it home feels... not impossible, but also not something they'll be able to accomplish soon.

but if they can find some way to stay connected...]

Even so... [...] It's still...

[awful, to have to live in fear of the moment when people will leave you behind.]

[...]

I'm sorry you had to see it.

...I'm sorry you had to live it.

[that seems worse?]

I think I would rather live through that, than... what happened to you.

[it's not a competition and she knows that, but - she's still concerned about jiuqing.]

Vin, I promise, I'm fine. It was a long time ago, and... no one is going to be able to lay a finger on me like that ever again.

[this is before the fire effect so she doesn't even set the area around them on fire! nice.]

[jiuqing has always seemed very competent and put together to her, so she does believe her. can't wait for her to see the fires tomorrow and sweat. but for now:]

...See to it that they don't.