[ Sometimes the reprieve from her pain is nice. Blurred moments where she can forget watching her father's painful death on her phone screen, haunting gags as he struggled to breath echoed on every other Phantom Thief's phone around her.
Seeing it over and over online, even when she isn't looking for it.
But in their sobering reality, she remembers to embrace that pain as well; it's forced her to grow stronger, even if its method was cruel.
She nods against him, pressing further into Maruki's embrace.
It feels more like home for once. ]
I'd like to do that now then. I'm going to plant something new in one of the planters for Father... will you help me?
[ And though it isn't easy to peel herself away from Maruki, she looks forward to planting the seeds of something new with him. ]
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drags bloodied carcass to the end... wrapped 💝
Seeing it over and over online, even when she isn't looking for it.
But in their sobering reality, she remembers to embrace that pain as well; it's forced her to grow stronger, even if its method was cruel.
She nods against him, pressing further into Maruki's embrace.
It feels more like home for once. ]
I'd like to do that now then. I'm going to plant something new in one of the planters for Father... will you help me?
[ And though it isn't easy to peel herself away from Maruki, she looks forward to planting the seeds of something new with him. ]
WRAPT
It's only right, isn't it? When the weather turns warm again, he'll ask Haru to come help him fill the field of wildflowers on the farm once more. ]
Of course. Let's begin.