[ binch stop running ]

[constellates]

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[constellates]

[ . . . .

it's a little silly - given how horrible trial was, and how she needs to figure out how to repay asch for his kindness and his sacrifice, and how she still has an injured hand with no bandages but

that reaction does manage to pull a small, sincere smile from her and a little laugh]

... Добрый. You are very kind person. I am lucky to know you.

[soba]

[ he just lowers his head more, so that he's only looking directly at what he's working on. ]

You're such a weirdo.

[constellates]

[toi is a nerd

but for some reason she thinks she can guess that he's not actually insulting her]

Oтрицательный? A bad thing?

[soba]

Definitely a bad thing!!

[ not really ]

[constellates]

[hmmmm

she shrugs a little]

Типичный. That is okay. People have said 'weirdo' to Anya before.

It does not sting so much when Toi says it.

[soba]

Why not? I could be being mean.

[ :/ ]

[constellates]

В самом деле? Are you?

[ :o ]

[soba]

I could be.

[ that's not a yes ]

[constellates]

[repeats, after two beats of silence]

..... are you?

[soba]

Does it matter?

[ that's not an answer ]

[constellates]

Да. Yes.

[she just decided it matters, yes]

[soba]

... guess.

[constellates]

I cannot want to hear you say it?

[soba]

[ THIS GIRL,,,, ]

I wasn't being mean.

[constellates]

[he didn't have to give her what she wanted

but she does visibly brighten up]

Mm! I like you too.

[is that what that meant]

[soba]

I'm going!

[ HE LITERALLY GOES TO LEAVE


but obviously he comes right back. her fingies. ]

[constellates]

[she's trying to not look pleased

it's not working

but she will hold her hand out once he's got enough strips cut]

[soba]

Stop.

[ he will start to wrap her hand then. ]

[constellates]

[she

covers her mouth with her good hand since she's pretty sure that's part of what was giving her cheerfulness away]

[soba]

If you laugh I'm going to be rough.

[ he won't but still ]

[constellates]

[she shakes her head and after a second, does remove her hand]

... Not laughing. Ненужные. Do not need to be rough.

[soba]

Good.

... you're all done.

[constellates]

[ah - she takes her hand back from him and looks it over, and she's quiet for a moment as the impact of really seeing her hand, bandaged, without her index or pinky finger hits her

and then she tries to snap herself out of it, instead bowing her head to him]

Спасибо. Thank you.

[soba]

Try not to get that wet. If you need to change the bandages, just use the strips of the dress I made, okay?

[ instructions are easy ]

[constellates]

[they are and she will cling onto them to not dwell on anything else while he's in front of her]

Mm, I understand.

[a beat and then - ]

... I will repay you - if you need anything.