❝ it’s okay to not be okay. ❞ ( Kanaria & Suiseiseki! )
“But… I’m fine. Really.” She hesitates, considering opening up to her sister, and then quickly wipes her tears and forces a smile instead, moving to push Kanaria out of the room. “I’m just hungry, and I bet you are too, so let’s go find some cake!”
❝ it looks like a fairytale. a dream. ❞ ( Shinku & Suiseiseki! )
“Hee hee! Of course it does! It’s the garden Souseiseki and I grew, after all!” A proud grin spreads across her face, her hands resting on her hips. “Would you expect anything less from us?”
“I was…once. Then everything was taken from me. I sought council from Hazuki. Then, I learned from Mister Abe. That’s why I couldn’t hurt you. He wouldn’t have liked me doing that.”
“You went to Haz for help?” Suddenly the attempt at violence made sense, but at least he’d found someone else to teach him. Still, Neku hated to see a version of himself suffering like this.
“…What do you mean, everything was taken from you? What exactly happened?”