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[cupidsammo]

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[cupidsammo]

Oh.

[ Right. She's here. ]

I didn't even realize I was spacing out that hard...

[outdistanced]

...Sorry. I was trying not to scare you again.

[ whoopsie ]

You gonna be okay?

[cupidsammo]

[ A pause follows, then she exhales tiredly. ]

I just have to tell myself they'll be okay on the other side.

[outdistanced]

It's hard to believe, especially with... [ he swallows thickly. ] ...when they have to go through all that to get there.

[ horrible. ]

Would help if I told you that I saw some of them on Thursday?

[cupidsammo]

[ Her head whips up, eyes wide. ]

—You did?

[outdistanced]

[ he nods, and holds up his hand, pulling back the sleeve just enough to show a yellow ribbon and friendship bracelet on his wrist. ]

The ribbon was from Zhongli. Ali and Akihiko were there with us, too. They tried to come back with me - and Till, I guess - it just didn't work.

They're okay. "Making progress," they said.

[cupidsammo]

Ah...

Richie and Uruha told me the same before, too... Do you know what they've been doing over there?

[outdistanced]

Not really. My guess was just finding a safe way back with that entity running, but none of them would say.

[cupidsammo]

... I guess if they aren't, it's for a good reason.

Still... that's good. It means I can try not to worry too much from now on.

[ and just deal with seeing more corpses she guesses ]

[outdistanced]

Probably. They might be worried about whatever it is that's screwing with us finding them somehow.

...Writing helps, too. I'm just not very good at it.

[cupidsammo]

Are you not sure what to say?

[outdistanced]

Well, that, and I've never really written letters before this...? Everyone I knew was just in the Tower.

[cupidsammo]

Well, it's the same as texting someone, right? You could just ask how they're doing.

[outdistanced]

I guess...?

[ casually does not say he's not very good at texting either ]

Most of mine lately have just been worried about me, saying I can talk to them about things and stuff... But then they got censored when I wrote back, apparently. It's weird.

[cupidsammo]

Mm... I don't get it either. I guess all we can do is try and hope for the best.

[outdistanced]

Yeah.

...Hopefully we can get them all back soon.

[cupidsammo]

[ Koharu hums in thought, finally turning to grab a soda bottle from the fridge. ]

At least they'll still have the chance to go home—or stay here in heaven, if they want. We don't have long left here.

[outdistanced]

Mm. Hopefully in the better parts of heaven, too, not just here.

I kind of want to ask Till what it's like.

[cupidsammo]

Oh, yeah... Maybe you could.

Ramiel was telling me a lot about it a while back, too.

[outdistanced]

Mm... I'll think about it. He's got a lot to deal with just getting used to this place, anyway.

It does sound like they all really like this place, aside from all th murder.

[cupidsammo]

The... murder is new, it seems, but I'd believe them in thinking there's no way this is normal. Ramiel was trying to convince me to stick around, too.

[outdistanced]

[ gives her a curious look. ]

Do you want to?

[cupidsammo]

[ With a shake of her head: ]

No. I have something I want to get back to too much to give up.

[outdistanced]

Hah. It's the same for a lot of us, I guess.

Something to do with your cupid thing?

[cupidsammo]

That's right, it's about that. But, well... I think being a cupid is pretty fun, too.