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[foolishjustice]

Moshi moshi!

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[hairpincurves]

[She nods as her desperate cling grows tighter and she sobs.

She just--she just needs to hold onto him for a while.]

[foolishjustice]

Here...

[He nudges her toward his lap, holding out his free arm to wrap around her as soon as she's in proper reach.]

[hairpincurves]

[She moves into his lap, without even the slightest bit of hesitation, leaning against him. As long as he's still breathing... As long as their clothing can hide his lack of a heartbeat... as long as she can feel his warmth... she'll be okay eventually.]

[foolishjustice]

[He is, in fact, breathing. He's perhaps a little clammy from fatigue, but nothing more than the sort of coolness that suggests someone might be feeling sick and should be resting.

And his grip as he moves his free arm to pull her tight against him definitely does a good impression of a living person's.]

[hairpincurves]

[Goro Akechi, you are so lucky she's too caught up in her own distress to notice that clamminess.

His grip makes her own hold relax, just a little--it's not quite as desperate now as it was before, but...]

[foolishjustice]

[Nightmares make it hard to get restful sleep, alright?

He'll just hold her tight for a while, then slowly loosen his hold to start rubbing her back.]

I'm here, I'm fine. I even have a Persona that would protect me from an attack like that.

[hairpincurves]

R-right, you have Rangda...

[She'll... try to take a few deep breaths to calm down.]

[foolishjustice]

[He nods.]

And even if I didn't...Loki has Tetrakarn.

[hairpincurves]

[Nodding more.]

R-right...

[foolishjustice]

And even if I couldn't access the Metaverse, I have multiple powers that would let me avoid being affected by normal attacks.

[Granted, he sucks at phasing...but if he shifts to the SG, any attempt to hurt him from the RG would just pass right through.]

[hairpincurves]

[As long as Goro keeps talking, that means he keeps breathing...]

Right... at least... at least there's that.

[foolishjustice]

[He makes a habit of breathing, anyway. Especially when someone is sitting close enough to notice if he stopped.]

I know it's easy to worry anyway, but that sort of situation wouldn't be able to hurt me. I've developed a lot of ways to protect myself, lately.

[hairpincurves]

Yeah, I know... It just doesn't... stop the kneejerk reaction.

[She's just glad that the male Akira was kind enough to get rid of the nightmares already...]

[foolishjustice]

I know. And I'll stay here with you as long as it takes for you to assure yourself I'm fine.

[Assuming no sudden emergencies, of course.]

[hairpincurves]

Thank you...

[In the meantime, though, she's going to bury her face in Goro's shoulder.]

... Keep talking, please?

[foolishjustice]

Alright. Is there anything specific you want to talk about?

[hairpincurves]

Not especially... Just... as long as I can hear your voice...

[foolishjustice]

Mmm...well, we were planning to go back to Incendia, right? I don't want to go on a day trip until Akira-kun is doing better, but...

[hairpincurves]

Right... We didn't get to pick up those cosmetic guides last time, did we?

[foolishjustice]

We didn't. And that's something I definitely want to learn...especially since I kind of want to try getting a tattoo, but I'm worried it would give me trouble back home.

[hairpincurves]

And I definitely want to look into it, too. I still have some thinking to do before I'd get a tattoo, though...

One of those blacklight ones would be cool.

[foolishjustice]

I've heard of those. It's definitely a thought, but...I doubt I'd ever end up somewhere they'd be visible, even when I wanted to show them off.

[Sure, he likes dancing, but...he's never really dared go anywhere near Tokyo's nightlife, except as part of his job.]

[hairpincurves]

Yeah... it's mostly just an idle thought. To tell you the truth, I wouldn't even really know what to get to begin with.

[foolishjustice]

I have a couple of ideas in mind for myself. Both of them...rather sentimental.

[hairpincurves]

Oh? Do share.