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[For a long moment, when the feed clicks on... there's nothing. Only static. Did the manic-seeming BP start fidgeting with his Link again?]

[Then, abruptly:]

I'm sorry.

[The words are soft, choked. They're rough around the edges, as if edged by jagged points. If he were human, he'd have sounded like he'd been crying.]

[Despite the tone, the plea, it's clear the old Kagerou is back in the driver's seat again.]

I'm --

I'm so sorry.

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[littlecrowgirl]

Heh, you're pretty good at keeping your promises. So I believe you.

[But the caffeine starts to wear off, her eyes slowly drooping down as she leans against him.]


Can we...sleep? I'm suddenly really tired...

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... thank you, Kay. Thank you for everything.

[For forgiving him. For caring for him. For giving him purpose again.]

[He finally moves, when she sags in his hold, stepping quietly over to set her on the beanbag chair. But his hand doesn't move away from her. It hovers, while he literally curls around the beanbag.]

I'll be here.

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[littlecrowgirl]

...Thank you too. You're a good dad.

[It's said half asleep as she sinks into that beanbag, only falling more into it the longer she sits there.]

G...night.

[And she's out.]

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[He curls a little nearer to her, never once lifting his hand from where it rests, protectively, over her.]

[Even when she sleeps, and he nods off too, draped around and over her. Guarding her.]

[It's his purpose now, isn't it?]