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[incandescentfaith]

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[finaletea]

I set it back for five minutes... the note I was given didn't say anything about death but...

[ Mami shakes her head. ]

I was stupid... there's no way Futaba-san can never forgive me for this...

[incandescentfaith]

I see. [Five minutes.] Do you still have the note? I'd like to see it.

[Her expression tightens a little...]

And I disagree. I didn't know she was from your world, or was a magical girl, but we've talked several times. Sana-chan is sweet. And I'm certain that she'll understand it was an accident.

[finaletea]

[ Mami nods slowly and leads her into the kitchen. The watch she'd hidden away in a safe spot, but she did accidentally leave the note where she originally dropped it. The girl hands her elder the thing. ]

It would be nice to hope that. But Futaba-san... she was really scared of me when she first arrived. I'm worried this will ruin us...

[incandescentfaith]

[Rei reads it over quickly, her expression darkening a little.]

This is vague enough to be obscuring of the truth.

[it's far, far too vague if you ask her.]

Unfortunate, that. But I'm sure that we'll be able to fix this when she does return.

[Rei sets the note aside and puts a hand on her kohai's shoulder.]

I promise, this will be alright. If you need me to talk to her when she returns, I will. But she seems kind and sweet...so I think she'll be willing to forgive.

[finaletea]

[ Mami does her best to stay calm, but after a moment she chokes on a sob and covers her face with her hands. ]

Even still... I-I.... [ She sniffles loudly. ] I didn't want to hurt her!

[incandescentfaith]

[Rei pulls Mami close, then, into a tight hug.]

It's alright. I'm sure she'll understand. It was this place, it was not you. And there is no way that you could have known.

[finaletea]

[ Mami settles into her hug, hiding her face into Rei. Normally she'd be embarrassed about being so emotional (and maybe later she would be), but... in this moment, she just wanted to let it out. It was a lot for any person let alone a teenage girl with a lot of unaddressed problems...

After some time, she finally breaks away to wipe her face. ]

S-Sorry... I just... I think she'll forgive me but... I just feel awful about it still.