V. IC CONTACT (RETIRED)

[firstroar]

• Text [ENABLED]
• Voice [ENABLED; automated voice message]
• Video [DISABLED]
• Telepathy [TWO-MILE RANGE REQUIRED]

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[heartsink]

[ in a way, even though there could be no other answer, she was afraid of that. ]

When you know yourself ready, then.

[firstroar]

[more silence.]

Why are you offering this to me now?

[heartsink]

...

[ there's a silence, there, stretching long seconds. she doesn't have an easy answer to give, and words don't present themselves to her. ]

After all this time... it is a little sudden, isn't it?

[firstroar]

Losing one thing...offered another. It's not strange.

[heartsink]

I suppose not... Though, that's not why, either. At least, I don't think it is.

It's hard to put into words.

[firstroar]

[a smaller pause.]

It's alright.

[heartsink]

It doesn't change this. Whenever you wish it, then...

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It's a generous offer, Haruka. More than generous.

[heartsink]

It's not.

You deserved it from the start.

[firstroar]

[has he? he has no idea how to determine what he deserves right now.]

At the cost of treading on a recoiling heart? No.

But that you would openly offer those things to me matters...a great deal.