[in that way, pain didn't register. pacing continued until another figure broke through the underbrush, not loud in footsteps but loud in presence, who--? and oh. a curse word hits the air; his arms drop, heels clicking together as he about-faces to her. opens his mouth - like venom from a snake's fangs, bitter, acrid - and wonders what should we do?]
Kino found him fighting Hibari Kyoya. [and.] He fell first.
[always had been one for giving up, hadn't he been?]
[-- this was a little different.]
Should we bury him?
[wants to ask more broadly, wants to rely. refuses to, insomuch as is possible (he'd texted her, hadn't he? - she's his friend). Kino didn't look like herself; didn't have an explanation or directive. Nic obviously didn't. none of it was right. burial-- cremation, maybe? he would've picked cremation, but Nic was Western, and they'd seen enough fire- seemed the only possible next step.]
no subject
[Hinata nods, quick and sharp.]
[it just didn't seem real.]
[in that way, pain didn't register. pacing continued until another figure broke through the underbrush, not loud in footsteps but loud in presence, who--? and oh. a curse word hits the air; his arms drop, heels clicking together as he about-faces to her. opens his mouth - like venom from a snake's fangs, bitter, acrid - and wonders what should we do?]
Kino found him fighting Hibari Kyoya. [and.] He fell first.
[always had been one for giving up, hadn't he been?]
[-- this was a little different.]
Should we bury him?
[wants to ask more broadly, wants to rely. refuses to, insomuch as is possible (he'd texted her, hadn't he? - she's his friend). Kino didn't look like herself; didn't have an explanation or directive. Nic obviously didn't. none of it was right. burial-- cremation, maybe? he would've picked cremation, but Nic was Western, and they'd seen enough fire- seemed the only possible next step.]