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[personal profile] aspirings 2025-09-06 03:27 am (UTC)(link)
Of course we are! You have been a wonderful friend to me here!

[...

He watches her apply the polish for a long moment, smile fading into something softer.]


... I was worried about you... today.
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[personal profile] aspirings 2025-09-06 02:17 pm (UTC)(link)
It's okay that it wasn't, you know.

[He tilts his head, inspecting her expression.]

I worry about you because we're friends. That's perfectly normal.
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[personal profile] aspirings 2025-09-07 01:52 pm (UTC)(link)
That's not true!

[Firmly, leaning in a little (hopefully the sudden movement doesn't ruin her nail painting efforts).]

That Noelle and Annette were put in a situation like that, that forced them into a corner like this...! That is not their faults! In any other circumstance, I truly believe Noelle would never have done such a thing!
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[personal profile] aspirings 2025-09-07 04:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oops.

He stills again when he notices, smile apologetic.]


That's right...! Given a proper support network, and a situation where she hadn't been put through so much pain... Noelle would never have made the choices she made.

I think that's true of everything that has happened here so far. And so, more than anything... we all need to make it through this. So we can meet everyone as they would be outside of this place.