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[ura_no_ura]

[ It doesn't come as a surprise, this revelation.

So many in Luceti have been given a second chance, after all. Kakashi sometimes isn't even sure if he's amongst them -- after all, the last thing he remembered was the pain of being split apart by a blade going straight through him. The sharp burn, low in his belly, right where the celiac artery runs. For all he knows, he could have bled out in Obito's dimension, cut off from the rest of the world. Sometimes he wonders if he survived it. Sometimes he's not so sure.

Either way, he'd be living on borrowed time.

His expression is soft as he looks down at her, takes in the sight of the smile that doesn't reach her eyes. A smile that's not all too different from the very tangible mask he normally wears over his face. ]

Technically, so should I.

[ His own lips slowly turn up at the edges, a ghost of a smile. ]

But I suppose we were given another chance.

[whiskytraitorfirefight]

[Ginia's expression doesn't change. Ginia's aware there are plenty of others in Luceti living on borrowed time. Marco's was the hardest to know since he was young and still had a life ahead of him (though in a world with Titans, who knew how long that life was). Clove she didn't know well at all, Booker was a revelation made while drunk she doubts he even remembers.

So if he's another for the list... well, it's not easy to know or think about. Probably no easier than it was for Levi to hear earlier in the day. (One day she'd have to tell Erwin. It'd only be fair.) It doesn't even change he's one of the people in charge of the alliance and a known goal is finding a way for people to get home because people do need to go home. This place is good and Ginia will stay if she can, but it's not for everyone. Some have their lives to continue on.]

/It's what everyone says./

[And she's tried to make the best of her time in Luceti. She's tried to make herself useful in order to make up her past life and also out of hope proving her worth would let her stay around longer. An unfounded theory from Clove, but it seemed to be working so far.

Didn't stop her from being kidnapped, but maybe that was her usual luck running out.]

/...Do you know what the worst thing about being taken was? Not knowing when I would come back. If I would come back./

[Knowing she was going to be taken due to a reading from Rei was bad in itself. It made her cautious and paranoid for something that would happen at an unknown time. But being taken and then not knowing how long she would be there, not knowing what would happen, even if she was drugged and disoriented most of the time, it was a fear that hadn't left her.

In her world, there were people that would have turned over heaven and hell to get her back. They would have mobilized the moment she knew. Or she could have figured out her own escape or means of securing her escape.

Here in Luceti, what could anyone do?]

[ura_no_ura]

[ Kakashi can only imagine what she went through -- doesn't dare to even ask, because she might not be ready to talk about it yet, and if and when she is, he expects she'll do so on her own terms. And not because of any leading questions. For now, he's here to listen, to support her, to be her anchor in rough waters that threaten to pull her down.

His hand travels, moving to rest on her back gently as he keeps her close. A comforting touch, he hopes.

Doesn't say anything, because right now isn't the time for him to speak.

Right now is the time for him to listen. ]

[whiskytraitorfirefight]

/Because they could have kept me for as long as they wanted. And since no one has found a way to leave the village, there's no chance of rescue. So they can do whatever they want for no apparent reason and drop you back wherever once they're done. And the village just accepts it./

[Ginia's hands fall down to her sides, finally done with words. Her own depression was now anger again, at the kidnappings, at the complacency at the village, being taken.

And maybe even a little at the fact no one came to help. Living in a building full of ninjas and titan slayers and not a single person noticed.]