PC: Kazuki

[sootprints]

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[sootprints]

... The manor I come from is a prison. I wanted to free those who are chained to it.

But... I don't know. I wound up here again, just one day after returning.

[teenrebellion]

...Good goal, then. And I'm guessing there wasn't any way to do that without something like a wish.

[ not judgmental. he understands being powerless. being trapped. ]

You too? [ a bit of sympathy bleeding into his voice. ] Is that why you were so freaked out the first day?

[sootprints]

[ she's a little quiet at that first part. it's complicated. ]

... A little. But, also... well. There's no telling how people might react to seeing a person with no face. Ordinarily, people would be scared, or... worse.

[teenrebellion]

True. [ he'd been pretty alarmed at first, too. ] I can see why you'd be scared, then. People can be... pretty awful, sometimes, when they're afraid.

...Do you really not have a face, though, or is it just that we can't see it?

[sootprints]

It's...

[ she brings a hand up to her face. to feel over it for a moment. ]

Closer to the latter, I suppose. The shape is the same as a human's, but... no one can see a shadow's face.