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riko @cosmicqueen richard is gone. this is not okay and I will not pretend to be okay with it. you can't just take my family from me. #igiveup #happynewyear #not

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[consocius]

[Dragging her out of the building eventually might actually be a good idea. Or, at the very least, out of this room. For right now though, he just keeps holding her, and speaks from his heart, as he always does.]

I don't know why people leave, but sometimes they do. Sometimes they don't have a choice. But you still have your memories of him, you'll always have those. So he's still in your heart, Nariko. We all are. And that's how you never have to be alone. 'Cause even when we're apart, we're always connected... [He pulls back just a little, to look at her face, to offer a smile. And to point to the middle of her chest.] ...Right here.

[gunslingerqueen]

[Sora is incredibly sweet. It also means he's idealistic, that he doesn't quite fit into the world around them and how utterly cruel it can be. So maybe she should doubt him, point out that Richard being in her heart couldn't compare to him being here with her.

But she believes him. It's sappy and ridiculous and so well meaning and she can't help believing him.]

Okay. [That's a start. She takes a deep breathe.] I -- you're right. [Her eyes well up with a fresh round of tears, but it's far more helpful this time, and she ends up taking his hand and squeezing it tightly.] How are you even real, Sora.

[consocius]

[They may not be words to fix everything forever, but honestly Sora wasn't expecting them to. Things like this had no simple solution, there was only helping in the moment. To get her thinking positively instead of wallowing in the negative. And if he's managed that, then he's happy.

He gives a smile of relief, and affection at her words. They're just as sweet as his own had been really, and he wipes some of her tears with a thumb.] Same way you're real, of course. You can't go backwards, so you just gotta keep going forward. Things will be alright.