>>6104404>>6104099>>6104039>>6104057Fet isn't even looking at you anymore, curled up into a feather ball as she is, which is perfect to make some silent communication with Table. You open your arms wide, and point to Fet. She makes an annoyed face, and you make a pleading one. She raises a finger, then another. Honestly, you've lost track of the amount of favor she owes you, so what's two more.
She begrudgingly mimics you and opens her arms, and wraps them around her. She gently tightens her embrace, as to make sure to not startle her. She doesn't resist, but it takes a few minutes for her crying to slow down. At first Table looks bothered, but she eventually settles for a fuller, more earnest hug.
Once the crying has fully stopped, you speak again. "Fet, listen, you can always make it up to me in other ways if you feel that guilty about it."
Table turns her head around, narrowing her eyes at you.
"I mean spells! You can make it up to me by teaching me more spells, is what I meant," you correct yourself. You don't think Fet's mind is dirty enough to misinterpret what you said, but it can't hurt to make sure. After all, just because someone's shy doesn't mean they don't have dirty thoughts, although you doubt someone in the middle of a mental breakdown would be thinking about that.
"O-Okay, I-I can do that. I'm sorry for being so annoying, I just-"
"Yes, it's fine, forgiven! Don't worry about it!" Table asserts. "Just don't do that stuff again, and we'll be fine, okay?"
"You..you promise not to tell her? If she finds out that I said everything, she- she might get mad. I don't want to lose another friend, please."
"Yes, promise. We promise, right Atlas?"
You feel like it's a little too late to argue now, so you promise to not tell her either. You'd still like it if Fet managed to convince Rin's parasite to tell you directly, but it might be hard for someone as shy as her.
"Atlas, that's cool and all, but we have our Intangible class soon, so we're going to need to go."
Fet gets up and wipes away the last of her tears. "I'll- I'll be fine, sorry for the trouble, I swear I won't-"
"Yes you won't do it again, we know. Let's go."
