[Said like a half-joke. But she seems placated by the notion, tense shoulders dropping. In the waking world, “friend” is still a word Aubrey would hesitate to use lightly. But if anyone had earned it…
[Yeah. This makes sense. Memory has always warped this place. Of course it would be extra potent now, even if her settled mind can’t quite latch onto the why or how.
[Aubrey regards Akechi with a small nod, approving of his continued existence. This also makes sense, to her.]
I used to visit the lake with my friends back at home. [Idyllic, you see. Answering a question that wasn’t asked. Vines in the periphery slink back into the mundane overgrowth of an abandoned property.] Kel has a dog [as if Akechi is supposed to magically intuit who that is], and he’d get loose and run all around here.
no subject
You’re pleasant.
[Said like a half-joke. But she seems placated by the notion, tense shoulders dropping. In the waking world, “friend” is still a word Aubrey would hesitate to use lightly. But if anyone had earned it…
[Yeah. This makes sense. Memory has always warped this place. Of course it would be extra potent now, even if her settled mind can’t quite latch onto the why or how.
[Aubrey regards Akechi with a small nod, approving of his continued existence. This also makes sense, to her.]
I used to visit the lake with my friends back at home. [Idyllic, you see. Answering a question that wasn’t asked. Vines in the periphery slink back into the mundane overgrowth of an abandoned property.] Kel has a dog [as if Akechi is supposed to magically intuit who that is], and he’d get loose and run all around here.
Used to drive us nuts. [It’s fond.]