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[red_roses]

[Ib looks like she's been crying.]

Garry is....

......Garry.....Garry went home.

I'm...all alone again....[She sniffles before she turns off the gear. She'd only made the post to inform Garry's friends that he left, after all.]

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[defyingfrigidity]

[... Elsa may not really be someone who's good at comforting others just yet, but damnit. She likes Ib, so she's going to try.]

You're not alone, Ib. You have a lot of friends here that will do their very best to support you.

[red_roses]

But, still....I....

[defyingfrigidity]

... Being separated from the people you love hurts. I know that very well.

[BOY does she know it.]

I'm not saying that you need to feel better immediately. No matter how hard you try, you can't stop making yourself feel something. [A lesson that took Elsa thirteen years to understand.] But I'm sure he would want you to be happy.

And this isn't a last goodbye. He might come back again, or you might be sent home and see him again there.

[red_roses]

Y-You're right....

It just....hurts....

[defyingfrigidity]

... I'm sorry. I wish there was more that I could do to help, but...

I felt the same way. For a long time, I was separated from Anna. And it hurt a lot. But.... believe me, the hurt will go away the moment you see him again. It'll be like the hurt never happened.

[red_roses]

It was sort of like that when we got separated in the gallery but....this feels different....

[defyingfrigidity]

... Different? What do you mean?

[red_roses]

Like....I can't...feel him.

[defyingfrigidity]

Feel him.... [Hm. Odd.] Do you two have some sort of... magical connection?

[red_roses]

I....[She fidgets.] our roses...

[defyingfrigidity]

Your... roses? What do they do?

[red_roses]

They're....our....spirits....

[defyingfrigidity]

Your... spirits? {She's... surprised. Confused. Both reasonable reactions. But also sort of... interested.] How...?

[red_roses]

I'm sorry....I don't know much myself....B-But if we get hurt, the rose loses petals...

[defyingfrigidity]

... I see...

[Such bizarre magic...]

And do you still have his rose?

[red_roses]

I do...I keep it in a special vase at home.

[defyingfrigidity]

I see...

Well then. It's in a safe place, right? That means he'll be safe as well.

[red_roses]

!!!!

That's right! We always take our roses if we're going somewhere for a long time.

[defyingfrigidity]

So his is safe. I'm sure of it.

[She cares for Garry just like Elsa cares for Anna. Or vice versa. Either way, she can tell there's no way this rose wouldn't be in a safe place.]

[red_roses]

I...I hope so too.