[She looks up as he speaks, shocked. There was a lot of different theories she'd toyed with trying to figure out his background based on the hints she'd managed to get, but nothing could've prepared her for that. He's not lying or exaggerating, she can tell that much, and her heart feels like it's going to jump out of her chest.
He'd said he'd manipulated someone to kill for him. Who...? And how long had the game gone? Had he 'won' or...? A lot of things seem to click into place with this realization and again she says nothing for a long moment. What can she say? There's no easy way to answer any of this.
Miu stands and walks to him. He said to stay off the bed, but she comes close anyway, standing before him close enough that their knees are almost touching. She's not even sure why she moved except for a deeper need to be closer, physically if nothing else. In truth, she wasn't fond of physical intimacy in most forms, but it was getting easier to accept and like it when she could actually choose it now.
But this isn't really the time to reflect on things like that. Miu doesn't reach out for him this time, but she looks down at him quietly for a few more seconds before she finally answers him.]
I can't. [Another little laugh and she shakes her head.] I can tell you I'm sorry. I can't promise this place won't decide it's sick of me and throw me out again, but... I came back. I came back to you. [Granted, she'd appeared where she did as a result of him having her amulet, which she'd figured out quick enough. She looks at her amulet and shakes her head.]
Even without this, you would've been the first one I ran to. Despite everything, I was... really happy, relieved, I guess, that I ended up here. Because you were here. [Miu pauses and drops her hands to her side again.]
That's the truth. I can't make you believe it, but it is. All I can do is keep saying it and showing you until you believe me again. I don't want to leave you. I'm not going to, if I have any say in it. [Miu pauses again and gives a helpless shrug and a shake of her head.]
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He'd said he'd manipulated someone to kill for him. Who...? And how long had the game gone? Had he 'won' or...? A lot of things seem to click into place with this realization and again she says nothing for a long moment. What can she say? There's no easy way to answer any of this.
Miu stands and walks to him. He said to stay off the bed, but she comes close anyway, standing before him close enough that their knees are almost touching. She's not even sure why she moved except for a deeper need to be closer, physically if nothing else. In truth, she wasn't fond of physical intimacy in most forms, but it was getting easier to accept and like it when she could actually choose it now.
But this isn't really the time to reflect on things like that. Miu doesn't reach out for him this time, but she looks down at him quietly for a few more seconds before she finally answers him.]
I can't. [Another little laugh and she shakes her head.] I can tell you I'm sorry. I can't promise this place won't decide it's sick of me and throw me out again, but... I came back. I came back to you. [Granted, she'd appeared where she did as a result of him having her amulet, which she'd figured out quick enough. She looks at her amulet and shakes her head.]
Even without this, you would've been the first one I ran to. Despite everything, I was... really happy, relieved, I guess, that I ended up here. Because you were here. [Miu pauses and drops her hands to her side again.]
That's the truth. I can't make you believe it, but it is. All I can do is keep saying it and showing you until you believe me again. I don't want to leave you. I'm not going to, if I have any say in it. [Miu pauses again and gives a helpless shrug and a shake of her head.]