(He doesn't even know what he's saying. It's like he's speaking a foreign language?? Anyway, Claude is? Well, he's mostly fine in the sense that he seems to be keeping himself together just fine but he's definitely more somber than usual. Where is his cheer when Teach and Ochako are dead.)
[ Hua Cheng has his cheek propped up in his palm as he lets Xie Lian dry his hair, having changed into something dry, and his eyepatch is off - he's got a hand towel pressed to his eye with his fingers while he steadies himself. You'd almost think he was dozing, until his tired surfer drawl pipes up. ]
She volunteered, and I'm betting Chiron did, too. Won was splintering - we gotta find him tomorrow.
In the sense that really, he's as composed as ever but his expression drops and his eyes are hurt. He looks between the two of them and frowns. )
A pair of heroes, huh...
(But this is their situation, isn't it? This late in the game, something like this feels inevitable. They were going to have to make more sacrifices and people would step up to make them. There's really no point in fighting it. If anything... this actually makes it easier in some ways. Still,)
We couldn't check the Ferris wheel completely. It was too tall and dangerous to climb.
(ALSO CLAUDE VON RIEGAN CANNOT CLIMB)
There was also a shield neither of us could get loose at the boardwalk.
xie lian closes his eyes for a moment, his hands briefly stilling before he returns to toweling hua cheng's hair. ] Rather, it was Vezda's. He gave it to her.
He's quiet for a moment and there's a thought clearly on his mind. How did the shield get so stuck? What else did she have on her? But really, knowing what he knows and expecting the trial... speculating feels strange.)
We'll just have to figure out what happened tomorrow.
(Catch her killer. Or any of them. It's all they can do now.)
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(He doesn't even know what he's saying. It's like he's speaking a foreign language?? Anyway, Claude is? Well, he's mostly fine in the sense that he seems to be keeping himself together just fine but he's definitely more somber than usual. Where is his cheer when Teach and Ochako are dead.)
Always something, huh?
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xie lian gives him a small, sad smile. he's keeping it together, because he always does - but it clearly doesn't reach his eyes as he says: ]
...She volunteered. She told me on Sunday.
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She volunteered, and I'm betting Chiron did, too. Won was splintering - we gotta find him tomorrow.
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He did. Both of those are right.
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In the sense that really, he's as composed as ever but his expression drops and his eyes are hurt. He looks between the two of them and frowns. )
A pair of heroes, huh...
(But this is their situation, isn't it? This late in the game, something like this feels inevitable. They were going to have to make more sacrifices and people would step up to make them. There's really no point in fighting it. If anything... this actually makes it easier in some ways. Still,)
We couldn't check the Ferris wheel completely. It was too tall and dangerous to climb.
(ALSO CLAUDE VON RIEGAN CANNOT CLIMB)
There was also a shield neither of us could get loose at the boardwalk.
(So definitely worth revisiting.)
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[ But at that, he does open his eye, sliding it slowly to look at Claude. ]
Blue, red, and white? Round?
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That's the one.
(The exact shield.)
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[ hhhh.
xie lian closes his eyes for a moment, his hands briefly stilling before he returns to toweling hua cheng's hair. ] Rather, it was Vezda's. He gave it to her.
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He's quiet for a moment and there's a thought clearly on his mind. How did the shield get so stuck? What else did she have on her? But really, knowing what he knows and expecting the trial... speculating feels strange.)
We'll just have to figure out what happened tomorrow.
(Catch her killer. Or any of them. It's all they can do now.)
But this should be it.
(The last week before the end.)