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[onerous]

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"Um. Kozukata Yuri."

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[covenantal]

[ The mutter wins a grin. Well, at least he picked the right animal. (And anyone who likes cats is good in his book, really.)

But it tones down again at her suggestion, and he nods, tilting his head for her to follow him as he leads the way. ]

Yeah. There's a lot to go over. [ His smile disappears completely in favor of a thoughtful look as he debates how to even approach this. ] It might be easiest to just tell you what happened ... after. [ He states it simply, without inflection. After you died. ]

[onerous]

[She winces a little. 'After.' Yeah, she knows what that means.

She says nothing for a moment, just following after him, before she finally makes a noise of agreement.] Mm. That'd be a good idea. After Mars and I-- After that happened... What happened to the other spirits?

[Of course that's her first question, thoughts going for the spirits that had been trapped] I think we saved them all, but... I wanted to make sure.

[covenantal]

... there were no other spirits.

[ He says this without inflection, though his eyes are partly lidded, his expression serious. He does give her one brief, encouraging smile. ]

You saved everyone that had been trapped, don't worry about that. All that was left was what killed you.

[ This he says straightforwardly. He doesn't say it with any hardness in his voice, or harshly. A grim thoughtfulness overtakes him. ]

It was a guard. A robot, actually. It materialized to speak to Merlin and Hyoubu-san and I. It was what had been keeping the spirits trapped there all that time.

[onerous]

Oh. [It's said on a rush of an exhale, Yuri's eyes closing briefly as she pauses in her walking to take the information in.] So we did it after all... [She's glad about that, truly; it's a relief to know they were able to keep up their end of the bargain even at the cost of her life.

The talk of a robot guard has her frowning even as she starts walking again.] A robot guard? Did you learn anything?