[Are Akua's lips shaped differently than other women's? They seem capable of curling in such a specific way that she has never seen directed towards her, of being so very difficult to understand...
Or maybe that was Hayame's own problem, and her own muddled, tainted experiences. Perhaps it would be easy to just ask her if she might not... assist her with the rest of those burrs, but-]
They will.
[Her efforts... she could not fail again. She herself had succeeded muchly in the Scorched Isles, beneath the roots, but her efforts now to carry more than one person's burden... That must succeed. If it did not...]
If you would use that power of yours to defend what I bring back... I would rest easier.
[Her lower shoulder twitches instinctively at Akua's touch, a defense mechanism against errant flies, but... it is Akua. Her body settles.]
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Or maybe that was Hayame's own problem, and her own muddled, tainted experiences. Perhaps it would be easy to just ask her if she might not... assist her with the rest of those burrs, but-]
They will.
[Her efforts... she could not fail again. She herself had succeeded muchly in the Scorched Isles, beneath the roots, but her efforts now to carry more than one person's burden... That must succeed. If it did not...]
If you would use that power of yours to defend what I bring back... I would rest easier.
[Her lower shoulder twitches instinctively at Akua's touch, a defense mechanism against errant flies, but... it is Akua. Her body settles.]