[The cool air was refreshing; the dance floor hadn't been terribly stifling, but every step Kaede took from crowds was more relaxed from the next. She fell into easy step beside him, used to matching the strides of much taller people. And for awhile, she was content to simply walk where there weren't any others besides Zack and silent plants in their neat rows.
Where she was careful, even hesitant and slow before, this time she answered without the slightest pause.]
Yes.
[Then, though, she glanced at some unimportant tangle of vines.]
I have...nothing to go back to.
[Not even an empty grave. Just the lingering memories of people who wanted nothing to do with her anymore, if the dead even dreamed. Kaede shook her head, the beads strung in her antlers rattling softly.]
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Where she was careful, even hesitant and slow before, this time she answered without the slightest pause.]
Yes.
[Then, though, she glanced at some unimportant tangle of vines.]
I have...nothing to go back to.
[Not even an empty grave. Just the lingering memories of people who wanted nothing to do with her anymore, if the dead even dreamed. Kaede shook her head, the beads strung in her antlers rattling softly.]