... H-hello?
[ yeah she's bad at this.
But she also sounds even smaller than usual. ]
[ yeah she's bad at this.
But she also sounds even smaller than usual. ]
I-it's so big and empty in here, by myself, and there was no one there when I woke up, a-and everyone was dead, so for a minute, I thought it was true, and--!
[ she had a nightmare. ]
[ she had a nightmare. ]
Um, it's the smaller building... on the first floor.
[ When he gets there and (hopefully) knocks, she'll answer it, disheveled and teary-eyed, because Mary never wakes up from nightmares gracefully. ]
Y-you're here...
Y-you're here...
[ Good luck. The two longer tendrils in the front twitch a bit, but they still as Mary nods beneath his hand and opens the door wider for him to enter. ]
I-I'm all right... [ she's not sobbing, at least, even if she's trembling ever so slightly. ] I just... panicked, I think.
[ Elza, that isn't helping her stay dry-eyed. Mary's shoulders hunch as her eyes well up again, and she shakes her head, voice emerging choked. ]
It's scary...
It's scary...
... R-really? [ Elza, you had her semi-trust since you became her knight or something. Even though she looks faintly uncertain. ]
Nesso... [ and with that, she nods. Her fingers are a little cold, but she'll squeeze his hands. ] He's a knight, too.
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