[ It's one thing, to say that to someone else. It's another to hear it in return. After a few shocked, silent seconds, Riley realizes that's...probably what Mukuro's experiencing, too. ]
Thank... Thank you.
[ When the moment lasts too long, her eyes jerk away, to focus instead on her carefully bandaged arm. She's had so few people there, to help her after...well, after anything like this, before Ryslig. Nights fighting away the guilt, alone, because her parents won't come home and she's too scared to reach out to anyone who actually cares.
...She wonders if it was like that for Mukuro and her sister, too. ]
Thank you.
[ Even though sharing that look is too much...she doesn't remove her hand from Mukuro's arm. ]
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Thank... Thank you.
[ When the moment lasts too long, her eyes jerk away, to focus instead on her carefully bandaged arm. She's had so few people there, to help her after...well, after anything like this, before Ryslig. Nights fighting away the guilt, alone, because her parents won't come home and she's too scared to reach out to anyone who actually cares.
...She wonders if it was like that for Mukuro and her sister, too. ]
Thank you.
[ Even though sharing that look is too much...she doesn't remove her hand from Mukuro's arm. ]