>>5879742“All the definitive clues point to it. Sieb told me your name, the pod has your full name on top of it, and the scientist I saw in the recording is your spitting image. I could go on, but I don’t want to repeat myself.” You have no doubts.
“I wonder what Rise would’ve done if she knew...” Yu Yan crosses her arms and is deep in thought. She feels like this story isn’t about her.
“What I want to know is how <span class="mu-s">you</span> feel about this.” With your question, you point out what to do with this information rests in her hands, not her past self’s.
“Doesn’t feel real. I think I needed to be there to really get it, you feel me? Experience all that with you. At least I need something in my hands that is proof! A picture or something!” Yu Yan has trouble putting her feelings into words. “Like, I’ve seen pics of Nariko when she was all mean, so I can see it in my head. When she was the top of her class, and not of her weight class.”
“Does a T-Shirt work?” You pull out the Goalzilla T-Shirt you got from the Underground Gift Store.
“...<span class="mu-i">What the fuck</span>?” Yu Yan grabs it. “This is all I have left of my people? A lousy t-shirt?” Yu Yan is playing it up.
“You wanna keep it…?” But it’s yours…
“Keep it? It’s mine now.” Yu Yan takes off her clothes to put the shirt on. “See? Mine.”
“It looks good on you.” You wiggle your eyebrows.
“Damn right, it does. Nah, damn right, it doesn’t, it’s so fucking goofy!” Yu Yan can’t believe this is all that is left of Chi-Athua.
“It compliments your eyes.” You see the positives.
“We have the same kind of peepers.” Yu Yan starts blinking rapidly like a forest fairy after doing a prank, then frowns. She doesn’t get why you said that, neither do you. “Yeah, this isn’t enough, but it’s a start… Damn it, Johnny, now I’m really curious about what happened. I didn’t even care before, now I’ll probably go to college to get some shitty archaeology degree to learn more. You ruined me, amigo!”
“Are you sure you want to do that?” You’re surprised.
“Fuck no. I’m just joking.” Yu Yan shakes her head. “I don’t need to become a nerd to get into a catacomb, illegally speaking. Should we plan a trip to Xumenlo? I wanna see it myself, but if you know a better way, I’m all ears.”
“That’s some food for thought.” You nod.
“So, this is the truth bomb you were waiting to drop.” Yu Yan crosses her arms and starts thinking things over.
“Meow.” Bradford Jr. puts a paw on Yu Yan’s lap to show support. He has a sad backstory as well.
