"It's not my place to pry," she said with a shrug, pushing off the tree. Chloe's private life was her life. Admittedly knowing that Chloe was hearing names from her fake like and her real one was...unsettling. And the fact that there were other names...good lord. Chloe had complicated feelings, it seemed!
"Well. I guess it was...just throwing everything it has at you, right? To see what stuck."
"...sort of. They all stuck, or there wouldn't have been an effect. They all tempted me to be out there. One was really bad just now," she said, shrugging, looking right at Eleanor right then. She swallowed and closed her eyes.
"Two years ... is a very long time to be away from someone, Eleanor. And the other girl? She felt very real things for this Kirika. I remember those feelings. The other two?" A cough. "Sorry... if I name them, I don't really get to take those names back, do I? So, thank you for not prying."
Because not being able to take it back was definitely the problem right this instant.
Eleanor seemed to be thinking this over, her gaze back on the distant flowers now, eyes slightly narrowed. Maybe it was different for her, all she'd really felt for the memories she'd regained were...anger. Frustration. Curiosity maybe. Nothing like love or friendship.
What did that even mean, really?
"Well," she finally looked back, offering a thin smile. "I suppose it doesn't really matter, since we're away from there now. You certainly did a better job running from that I did." Her curiosity was a bit spiked now about all these feelings Chloe had, but she had no place to really ask about them.
Well, the 'love' for Kirika wasn't something she felt. It was something that the other girl had felt, but the feelings were memories, ones that felt real even if they also felt foreign to her at the same time. She refused to acknowledge them, even as she couldn't help that they were still there. God, what would happen if that girl appeared one day?
"It ... doesn't matter, no. I'm not going to let flowers decide when and if I say things," she said, nodding firmly. "And I wouldn't have gotten away if you hadn't stopped me in the first place. Don't sell yourself short, Eleanor."
She laughed and shook her head. "You still saved me. I don't care what the reason was... or we saved each other. But come, let's get out of this weather, back somewhere warm and safe, ok?" She motioned for her to follow. "I want away from those flowers and their whispers."
"I doubt we are the only one," though she honestly was just hoping that was true more than anything else as they headed into town. "But we will keep our eyes peeled, and if we do, we will play the heroines and drag them back to safety."
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"Well. I guess it was...just throwing everything it has at you, right? To see what stuck."
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"Two years ... is a very long time to be away from someone, Eleanor. And the other girl? She felt very real things for this Kirika. I remember those feelings. The other two?" A cough. "Sorry... if I name them, I don't really get to take those names back, do I? So, thank you for not prying."
Because not being able to take it back was definitely the problem right this instant.
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What did that even mean, really?
"Well," she finally looked back, offering a thin smile. "I suppose it doesn't really matter, since we're away from there now. You certainly did a better job running from that I did." Her curiosity was a bit spiked now about all these feelings Chloe had, but she had no place to really ask about them.
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"It ... doesn't matter, no. I'm not going to let flowers decide when and if I say things," she said, nodding firmly. "And I wouldn't have gotten away if you hadn't stopped me in the first place. Don't sell yourself short, Eleanor."
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"I only woke up because I tripped."
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"...We should see if we find anyone else wandering this way though. On the way back."
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"Let's go."