IC Contact; Exsilium

[debtor]

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[debtor]

...It isn't just an accusation the Order is making, Lenalee. [ tone contrite, ] I couldn't tell you what's going on back home, but this, I know that it's true.

[Cross had erased any doubt.]

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[anklets]

[She wants to deny it, has the words all ready and acrid on her tongue, but his coolness puts them out.]

[anklets]

I.

[anklets]

[ resolute ] It doesn't matter what they say, or what's true. Allen is still Allen. You aren't like them.

[debtor]

['It doesn't matter.'

The future is uncertain. He's been told that it will changed things, and it'll change him. But like her, he has to trust that he will always be himself. He'll just have to fight this monster, every step of the way.

He wants to reach out, to hold her hand, but he's not sure he has the right. After burdening her with this...

He can't let himself waver.]

I won't ever be like them.

[anklets]

[She knows her pain is hurting him, and it makes her dig her fingers into her palms.]

Things are going to keep getting harder, aren't they?

[debtor]

We'll just have to keep getting stronger then, won't we? [ let's try a smile. ] No matter what, I know we'll all be all right, in the end. I'm sure of it.