chroma | catchall for kazunari miyoshi

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I'm getting a little tired of people refusing to use them.... I was worried about them at first, but I've used them twice now, and they really help.

[she gives a little huff.]

...to thank me?

[she looks up at his face.]

Is this about the gumball...?

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I promise that if I ever need it, I won't refuse. I'll be a better patient next time, I swear!

[ so, you know, no more kicking her.

but he nods. ]

Yeah. I talked to Steel, and... they seem to think it probably did work. Just - delayed, I guess. [ kazunari smiles, still a little strained, but it reaches his eyes this time. ] I'm not "refracting," so... thank you.

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[.....mOTHERFUCKER I FORGOT TO GIVE HER BRUISES FROM THEIR WRESTLING/KICKING DURING TRIAL AAAAAA COULD I HAVE GOTTEN SCAPED???]

Ah...

[well.

if that's the case - and jiuqing had been wondering, because every other gumball had been instantaneous (she knows that firsthand; if vanille's healing had been delayed, she might have died) - then...

he'd been acting strangely even before chinatsu and chang geng had ied, so...]

...I'm glad, then. That you've come back to yourself.

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[ you had your chance to die with malik and you didn't take it so suffer. ]

...Me, too. [ he looks away, smile fading a little. ] I didn't think anything of it at the time, but I hate that I acted like that. No one deserved to hear the kinds of things I was saying.

So... I'm sorry, too. For talking about your life that way.

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...

[she smiles faintly]

It's alright. I'm... glad to hear that it wasn't really you. I thought so, but you were so insistent, I almost caught myself doubting it.

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I mean... I did believe it at the time, so that's probably why. But that's part of refraction, I guess.

[ ... ]

Steel said they weren't sure about Percy, though. I don't know how much I can really do if he's still refracting, but I'll at least try to keep an eye on him, in case anything he does looks similar to what I was going through.

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...he's going to be alright. He has to be.

[...]

He did not come out of that safely just to fall to this place's whims again.

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[ raises his hands in a placating gesture. ]

It's just a precaution, doc. Just in case. I want him to be alright, too - believe me.

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[she nods, collecting herself.]

...yes. I - my apologies. Today has left me a little on edge.

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Don't worry about it. You've got - a lot of reasons for that.

It's just... if this is the only way that I can help, then I want to try, you know? It's the least I can do.

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[she nods]

That makes sense.