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“Dorothy, I’ll ask your daughter if you’re worth saving or not. How about that?” You let out a mischievous smile without thinking.
“Qua-Quack…?!” Dorothy didn’t see this coming for some reason, and she’s now ten times more concerned than when she was defeated somehow.
“Huh, I’m starting to think all of this makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.” Kobashi bobs his head in pure confident confusion, if somehow these two words make sense together.
“Pointing out the absurdity of the situation doesn’t make it in any way less real.” Once you’re consumed by the nonsense, you can go along with everything more easily. Or maybe you need to admit you’re losing your mind.
“You’re right. I must *always* live in the moment.” This answer explains so much about Kobashi, you don’t know what to say back.
“Quack…” Dorothy wants your attention. “Quack.” Dorothy points at the ‘yes’ on the notepad. She’s willing to go through all of this for the mere slim chance of getting what she wants.
In a twisted way, and maybe under other circumstances, you’d admire the stubbornness – but you don’t. You don’t even understand why you’re entertaining this request. Perhaps it is not to take the decision away from Lise. It’s her mother. She might need some closure. And it’s up to her if she wants to patch things up with her mother… or get some payback. Still, bringing someone’s abuser back into their life feels iffy at best. You might regret this, you might not. You feel like either way, Lise will get mad at you.
“Mr. Phil, you don’t look happy with her answer.” Fiora is afraid you’ll burst into an angry fit.
“Nah, I’m thinking about what to do.” You need Naiad to communicate with Xavi, for you to call Lise to make this whole thing work.
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You concentrate deeply on your pinky finger… Naiad’s little fairy fish cap appears on it. You concentrate energy into it like with the goggles to call your friend into action. As far as you know, she should be busy with the gate stuff but, as impulsive as it may sound, you need her here now. Maybe you can channel that it isn’t as urgent as the main gate stuff, and for her to only come over if she’s free…
“Spiritual energy is linked with thoughts, it’s not a bad shout.” Philonune backs your idea.
“Quack! Quack!” Dorothy demands to know if you’re going through this with her.
“Give me a moment, duck.” You glare back. The evil bird stares back defiantly. She wants you to know she means it. “I guess, I’ll explain a bit while we wait. She’s the ghost of the deceased mother of one of my friends, she was verbally abusive to my friend for her entire life, and she was an iffy scientist of some kind.” That’s a terrible summary. You didn’t do your best, if you’re being honest.