[Crying children are her weakness, and she is quick to go to Richie to try and comfort him.]
Shhh, it's alright. Just breathe and focus on me, alright?
[She's trying to get him to look at her and not at the dead body. Calm him down first, then figure out what happened.
She casts Mitsuru a glance to see how he's doing, but if he doesn't look close to a breakdown then she'll keep her focus on Richie for the time being.]
[He's just irate that he couldn't do anything to stop it, again.
But hey, maybe it's a good thing Richie's distracting her, because he's going to turn and march off himself unless he's stopped. Time to catch us a killer...]
[the advice is so familiar. it's what he told Stan, and Eddie, and Mitsuru, and Chuuta ... and now he's hearing it, too. the only thing allowing him to listen is the part of his brain that knows it works, because he's seen it in action. he does breathe, looking into her eyes.
they're pretty. he hadn't really taken a good look at them before. he wonders if she really is a robot. if they can make robot eyes look that nice. he almost forgets how mad he is at her, how little he trusts her. because she's making the pain go away. but the second she has to deal with Mitsuru, the spell will be broken, and he'll remember]
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[he really doesn't want Eddie to see this]
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Boys? Why are you out here like-
[And then there's Gonta, dead right there. Welp.]
...
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And yet he remains (unwisely) unintimidated.]
Richie, did they tell you where they were going to stay? You can stay with Eddie, but send Nine to help.
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We - he just ... they were walking me back to the cabin and it just ha-a-appened....
[sorry, but he's dissolving into sobs again. he's not TRULY a shitchild, he just plays one on TV]
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Shhh, it's alright. Just breathe and focus on me, alright?
[She's trying to get him to look at her and not at the dead body. Calm him down first, then figure out what happened.
She casts Mitsuru a glance to see how he's doing, but if he doesn't look close to a breakdown then she'll keep her focus on Richie for the time being.]
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But hey, maybe it's a good thing Richie's distracting her, because he's going to turn and march off himself unless he's stopped. Time to catch us a killer...]
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they're pretty. he hadn't really taken a good look at them before. he wonders if she really is a robot. if they can make robot eyes look that nice. he almost forgets how mad he is at her, how little he trusts her. because she's making the pain go away. but the second she has to deal with Mitsuru, the spell will be broken, and he'll remember]