[7rings] catchall for mineo

[shiftingwinds]

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[shiftingwinds]

Ah...

[yikes.

this is the first she's heard of an x-day, or of "adonis," or anything like that. but she doesn't have to be familiar with it to know that it's horrific, anyway. she flinches at each of the gunshots in the memory, and comes out of it feeling more than a little sick -

but mineo's so obviously affected by it, stumbling back, his hands shaking.

she steps forward and reaches out to take them.]

...Mineo.

[sengokus]

[she can take his hands - but they're tense, curled up like he's not sure what weakness they'll show once he loosens them up a bit.]

.... Sorry, Shi-san.

It's - graphic, right? You shouldn't.... have had to see that.

[shiftingwinds]

I'm more than five hundred years old. [she gives his hands a gentle squeeze] Do you think I've never seen people die before?

[...like. it is pretty freaky, she won't lie. it's horrifying to see. but. but.

that's his nightmare, more than anything else. he's the one who had to live it.]

...are you okay?

[sengokus]

[ . . . . ]

I'll get there.

[with time, with effort, he'll get over it maybe. even though it was one of the worst days of his life... and he was just the one standing there watching it happen.

maybe because of that.]

... but I don't think it matters how old you are. How many people you've seen... It's -

It's always someone's life, and that someone could've had friends and family.

[and to witness an execution so blatant... isn't that even worse?]

[shiftingwinds]

Right, but what I mean is... you don't have to apologize for my having seen it, or worry about it being too graphic for me.

[the only person who should be apologizing is whoever did the shooting.]

Not when it's something that affects you so strongly.

[sengokus]

[ . . . . . he just sighs a little bit at that.]

.... It's just -

[ . . . ]

Part of the reason I'm here.

[shiftingwinds]

[aaaah... that makes sense.]

...you're going to try and put a stop to what's happening, then? To catch those people...?

[sengokus]

[ . . . . a beat.]

Yeah.

I... I have to find out what happened to my friend. Why... they decided to do that to him, and make him a spectacle for everyone to gawk at and hate.

[shiftingwinds]

[fuck 'em up, mineo!!

but she nods, once.]

Then you'll do that. You're determined - you'll definitely see that through, no matter what.

[honestly, she's pretty sure he'd manage to do that even without a wish, but she's not canon familiar, what the fuck does she know.]