His presence next to her is so familiar that this could be just another case in Yi City she's helping him investigate, except... the last time they talked, he told her to leave, and he'd wept blood, and he'd known that she'd been lying to him all the time they'd spent together. Would he have forgiven her? Xue Yang didn't think so, but she knew enough now that the way he thought wasn't normal. The things that guy said, she could ignore them.
In an effort to distract herself, she keeps up a steady, thoughtless chatter as she leads him to the sleeper section. Telling him of the train carriages, "--so we were asked what would make us happy, and a lot of people said books, so the next week there was a library. But it was empty, can you believe how stingy--", of the missions she's been on, "Sleeping with wolves is really comfortable. It would have been great if we could have brought some back with us--", of her roommates and her lessons, "--Edge and Enna say I'd suit knives, do you think--".
He'd been right, she unwillingly admits to herself: placed somewhere where no one can tell her background, she's flourishing. She doesn't mention her first day. It doesn't count. It's just the death she was supposed to have anyway, and he'll never have the chance again.
"-- Master Curufin bought me a whole box of hairpins," she forces herself to continue, as they pass the armoury, "He's one of the people in charge of the orange team, but he's almost too nice to everyone. I'm sure you'd like him--."
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In an effort to distract herself, she keeps up a steady, thoughtless chatter as she leads him to the sleeper section. Telling him of the train carriages, "--so we were asked what would make us happy, and a lot of people said books, so the next week there was a library. But it was empty, can you believe how stingy--", of the missions she's been on, "Sleeping with wolves is really comfortable. It would have been great if we could have brought some back with us--", of her roommates and her lessons, "--Edge and Enna say I'd suit knives, do you think--".
He'd been right, she unwillingly admits to herself: placed somewhere where no one can tell her background, she's flourishing. She doesn't mention her first day. It doesn't count. It's just the death she was supposed to have anyway, and he'll never have the chance again.
"-- Master Curufin bought me a whole box of hairpins," she forces herself to continue, as they pass the armoury, "He's one of the people in charge of the orange team, but he's almost too nice to everyone. I'm sure you'd like him--."