[ His answer is firm. They won't talk here, not after another memory played again before either of them could move. With a slight shake of his head, he simply moves back towards the doors. He won't say another word until they've wrenched them back open and gotten safely outside. He knows his own life, and he knows what darkness it holds. If the mirrors could play another memory of his, he feels he knows what they would show, and he doesn't want to have to get into explaining more than he has to already.
Once they're outside - safer, for relative values of the word - he'll sigh, some of his hard edges eroding. ]
... Nanako.
[ The expression on his face is breathtakingly tender. ]
She's alright. I found out the next morning that she made it through. These days, she's doing just fine.
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[ His answer is firm. They won't talk here, not after another memory played again before either of them could move. With a slight shake of his head, he simply moves back towards the doors. He won't say another word until they've wrenched them back open and gotten safely outside. He knows his own life, and he knows what darkness it holds. If the mirrors could play another memory of his, he feels he knows what they would show, and he doesn't want to have to get into explaining more than he has to already.
Once they're outside - safer, for relative values of the word - he'll sigh, some of his hard edges eroding. ]
... Nanako.
[ The expression on his face is breathtakingly tender. ]
She's alright. I found out the next morning that she made it through. These days, she's doing just fine.