Focus on breathing. In through your nose, out through your mouth. I'll try to warn you.
[why won't the furries give her gauze and painkillers THIS WOULD BE SO MUCH EASIER
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She won't push him any farther than that. To be in a medically delicate situation required the loss of personal pride, an opening of a door to show a raw, horrible part of one's humanity in the act of suffering. The least she could do was treat it as she treated everything else - with as much care as possible. She'll also work on cleaning off the blood that wasn't entirely his, the leftover smearing of blood from the body that had perished on top of him.
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It's in one of the moments that she's given him a rest from the pain of disinfecting that she speaks up again, her voice quiet.]
Would you tell me where you're from, Toi? I'd like to hear more about it.
... it's a city, I guess. But there's a lot of older, traditional buildings mixed with the modern than it is with other areas. And there's the Sumida river, and...
I think that would be pretty, in its own way. Especially at night, when the stars are out, and all the windows and streetlights carve out the streets... There's a unique energy, being surrounded by people.
[She'll rummage for the stack of makeshift bandages she's been slowly chipping away at since they arrived. Sorry, Toi, you get to be purple for a little bit.]
Someone I know is from Japan. I think she said she grew up there through most of her childhood. She just doesn't talk about it very much. So... I've always been curious about what it looks like.
Well... I'm originally from America, from a place called Hephaestus. I haven't been there since I was very, very young, though, so I don't remember much.
[ he has never heard of that city, but also like. when you are outside of the us, do cities other than nyc and los angeles and shit exist? probably not. ]
Where I live now... well, it's a little complicated. I guess you could say the location itself has ownership in both American and Japanese hands, but that's getting a little, um, pedantic...
I suppose so, in a way. There's enough people on the moon now that it seems a little silly to call us all astronauts. But that's not really what I'm trained for.
I work at a research base. They deal with a variety of sciences, but I'm mostly there for medical support.
Yes. I suppose it's a bit of a safe answer, considering it's all I've really known for a long while. But the work I'm doing is important. That's good enough for me.
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Focus on breathing. In through your nose, out through your mouth. I'll try to warn you.
[why won't the furries give her gauze and painkillers THIS WOULD BE SO MUCH EASIER
anyway
She won't push him any farther than that. To be in a medically delicate situation required the loss of personal pride, an opening of a door to show a raw, horrible part of one's humanity in the act of suffering. The least she could do was treat it as she treated everything else - with as much care as possible. She'll also work on cleaning off the blood that wasn't entirely his, the leftover smearing of blood from the body that had perished on top of him.
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It's in one of the moments that she's given him a rest from the pain of disinfecting that she speaks up again, her voice quiet.]
Would you tell me where you're from, Toi? I'd like to hear more about it.
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... Asakusa. It's in Tokyo.
[ nowhere too fantastical. in general, it's a pretty normal distract in a large city... usually. ]
I just moved back there after being away a while.
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[Congrats, she knows what Japan is!]
Is it a pretty place?
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[ he is definitely glad he doesn't have to explain a country, that makes things easier. ]
It's... alright. You'd probably think it's pretty.
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Would you describe it to me?
[Consider it a distraction, kiddo.]
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... it's a city, I guess. But there's a lot of older, traditional buildings mixed with the modern than it is with other areas. And there's the Sumida river, and...
[ he trails off, frowning. ]
I guess it's pretty.
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I think that would be pretty, in its own way. Especially at night, when the stars are out, and all the windows and streetlights carve out the streets... There's a unique energy, being surrounded by people.
[She'll rummage for the stack of makeshift bandages she's been slowly chipping away at since they arrived. Sorry, Toi, you get to be purple for a little bit.]
Someone I know is from Japan. I think she said she grew up there through most of her childhood. She just doesn't talk about it very much. So... I've always been curious about what it looks like.
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[ it's fine, he'll be purple. he has definitely worn more embarrassing things. ]
Depending on where she's from, it could have been totally different though. There are a lot more rural areas than where I lived.
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I'd like that. She mentioned it once or twice, but I never really hear about a city. I... think that talking about it made her a little sad.
I don't think I could blame her, really.
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Where are you from?
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Well... I'm originally from America, from a place called Hephaestus. I haven't been there since I was very, very young, though, so I don't remember much.
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[ he has never heard of that city, but also like. when you are outside of the us, do cities other than nyc and los angeles and shit exist? probably not. ]
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Where I live now... well, it's a little complicated. I guess you could say the location itself has ownership in both American and Japanese hands, but that's getting a little, um, pedantic...
Anyway. I live in a lunar base.
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On the moon?
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[ DON'T TEASE HIM ]
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[ it would be very hypocritical of him if he did not. ]
Do you work there or something? Astronaut?
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I work at a research base. They deal with a variety of sciences, but I'm mostly there for medical support.
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[ the medical support, considering what they are currently doing. ]
Do you like it?
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That's where you were before you came here then?
[ the MOON ]
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Lift your arms for a moment, please.
[Wrapping you up, mummy boy.]
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[ he lifts them up obediently
or as obediently as he can. ]
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Do you remember what the date was? Before you came here, that is.
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