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[She figures that Tyr's probably forgotten that kind of curse entirely, too... As she finishes wrapping the bandage around his shoulder and secures it with a small clip, she thinks about how to explain it.

But she's never good at anything besides blunt explanations.]

I was hurting people...so somebody else had to stop me.

[ He assumes she means someone other than him... He knows curses like that exist, but they never happened to them. It's something that only ever happened to other people on the network.

When the bandage is secured, he turns around to face her and reaches for her hand. ]

Rita... It's- It's over now. You don't have to tell me what happened.

Huh?

[It isn't that she doesn't understand why he's saying that. Rather, she's just a little surprised...but grateful. Even if he doesn't remember that she did it to him the second time...

That's exactly why she wouldn't want to talk about that time.]

Thanks... How's your shoulder?

[ He offers her a small, reassuring smile. He doesn't even remembering everything, but he knows how much memories hurt... She doesn't need to go over them with him. ]

It's fine now... I think it'll heal up pretty easily...

[ Since they got to it quickly... ]

[After Estelle left and came back, Rita never wanted to tell her what happened, either. Maybe whether or not it's right for someone to forget painful memories isn't so clear-cut...

At least his shoulder's all right. It shouldn't even leave too much of a scar, she hopes.]

Good... Let's check on Riou and Flynn.

[ Tyr hopes not, but at least he knows what this one is from. As far as memories go, he wishes Rita didn't need to remember... ]

Right... Riou's always been fast, though, so I'm sure he'd know if something was happening right away.

Can he sense that kind of thing in his sleep?

[The City doesn't let her forget...]

[ It could be worse... ]

No- but his pet can probably pick up on that kind of thing for him.

[Sob, it always could...]

Oh yeah, that flying rat thing.

[It could be common...]

Flying squirell.

[They'd be broken forever...]

Whatever, they're both rodents.

[Could they really love each other? :(]

Sort of... But he means more to Riou, you know.

[I wonder... If they were getting cursed like that all the time, they couldn't trust each other. :(]

Yeah, I get it. Like a friend, or a sidekick.

[Or themselves...]

[Tyr smiles.] He prefers to think of him as a friend.

[Sob, that too... :( There'd be no sappy times ever. I think they'd just break.]

Then let's make sure those friends didn't get in trouble from the curse. [She gives him a half-smile in return and reaches out her hand.]

[I think they'd break too... ;~;]

[He holds her hand with a small smile.] Right. Let's go.

[He grabs his staff.]

[Yeah D: It'd be too sad...]

[Her smile fades again as he takes it, though she squeezes his hand, and she moves to the door.]

We'll check all the rooms just in case, too.

[But everything turns up fine, in the end. Neither Flynn nor Riou (or even Mukumuku) are hurt, the pets are all fine, and the house is otherwise empty.]

[ It would... :( I don't want this. I want them to just be happy together... ;__; ]

[ Nothing... It's almost frustrating because a battle would mean they've found at least part of the threat and dealt with it. Now they're downstairs and alone. ]

I guess it escaped... [ And was only interested in him. ]

[Me too ;o; A little sadness is good, but no breaking them forever...]

[Rita doesn't want to think it's only interested in him, but she knows it's possible...]

...Ugh... Well, it won't catch us sleeping again today, that's for sure.

[ Yeah... I don't think I want either of them to just be permanently broken... ]

[ If something was only interested in her before, he thinks it's very possible...

But her saying that makes him blink. ] Do you want to take turns watching guard?

[Me neither ;^; Only in memes where it wouldn't carry over...]

[Definitely... Maybe he's the only one in the house who's cursed with whatever this is.]

Huh? If you think you can sleep... [She doesn't know if she can when some curse made Tyr get stabbed through...]

[Yes! No long term pain... :(]

[He can't believe she's not tired... It's only midnight.]

I can if we watch each other... We don't know what else will happen today...

[Especially not the kind they can't handle ;^;]

[She feels pretty awake at the moment.]

Well, if you think you can, then I'll watch you...

[Which can be a lot... ;~;]

And if you feel tired, I'll watch you... As long as one of us is up, we should be fine...

[It really can ;o;]

Hmm... [Tyr's mushroom supply isn't limitless. She really doesn't want to be caught in her sleep. She trusts Tyr--she really does--but he might not be able to stop the curse if it attacks them.]

...I'm not tired, so don't worry about that.

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