mk. 13 (text)

[paraclete]

Who: Kaworu, you!
Broadcast: fleetwide text
Action: N/A initially
When: 6/28, midday

Well,

How long can you hold your breath?

I always forget. Or, I never quite remember. Yeah, definitely the latter.

Comments

[paraclete]

Well, barely.

[astrobleme]

Barely?

[Thin as a reed, even through text. As thin as a reed.]

[paraclete]

As in, hardly. As in, almost not at all. So, very little.

[If it's in appeasement, it's also... maybe, defensive... A shock of raised plumage, perhaps.]

[astrobleme]

So you don't want to tell me what happened.

[More of an observation than an accusation, but still...]

[paraclete]

It's just that not much did happen. And what did happen wasn't so much.

[...]

I was pretty resilient.

[astrobleme]

Yeah, I know. I do know how resilient you can be. [The toxic clouds, from before...

...]

But there's something you're not telling me.

[paraclete]

[Ah. A bit mollified...]

I only went for a little while. Then I wanted to go back to Elerial. We both needed naps.

[astrobleme]

[...]

If I decided to go out there, you wouldn't have a problem with that?

[paraclete]

Shinji-kun, really.

It's just spooky.

[astrobleme]

[...that response somehow drains him of all defiance. Ugh.]

I don't actually want to go out there.

I don't want you to go out there, either.

[paraclete]

I must seem meek.

[astrobleme]

Please don't take unnecessary risks, Kaworu-kun. Please don't.

[paraclete]

[Well.]

Yeah. That's no good, is it.

Sorry. Smooth out your face, it's all right. Like I said, the child and I needed naps. I don't have any clouds clinging to me.

[astrobleme]

[The child...

...]

I should have been there to tuck you both in. Maybe next time.