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[helenchanted]

Ahh...uh...

[Miki is trying to keep a straight face but this is harder than she thought.]

...umm I think that Minami is gone. W-well no. Not 'I think'. I know she's gone since her room is occupied by someone else, so I guess she returned to our world...

[Her best friend is gone but she...she doesn't think she could leave herself just yet. Not with what she's gained here.]

I kinda need to clear my mind a bit...

Anyone want to do something?

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[fools_journey]

Mm. [ He smiles a bit at this thought. ] We fill in the missing pieces for each other... Give each other people to rely on and trust. ... maybe that's a difference, though. How the trust manifests between people.

[ How Minako and Shinjiro have come to trust each other, and how she interacts with other people she trusts is different from how he interacts with people he trusts which is again different, he's sure, from how Minami interacts with people she trusts. And the same goes for Miki and Akihiko, as well. ]

[helenchanted]

They who does not trust enough, will not be trusted.

[Something Miki herself needs to put into practice more often, she realizes.]

...that was from Lao Tzu. [She grins a little more.] Force of habit. [And she knows, Family isn't just flesh and blood relatives.]

That's why we miss them even more when they're gone. [And the void they leave.]

[fools_journey]

... [ He sighs and is quiet for a moment at that thought, thinking not just of his own SEES but also Minami. ] Yeah. Exactly.

And remember them fondly. [ But he goes ahead and smiles, because they're mostly happy memories. Or at least he'd prefer to focus on the happier memories.