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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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.)