Okay. [A sniff.] When I get there, I'll try to help you find everyone else, too. Maybe if I concentrate enough she'll come back. [She doesn't specify who "she" is, but that doesn't matter.] I'll be there soon.
[She cuts the feed then and bolts, and it's not long after that Leon will hear a few almost-frantic knocks. As it turns out she was much closer than she'd thought.]
[He rips the door open as soon as she knocks, and once he knows for sure it's her, he tugs her into the room and right into his arms to hug her tight, kicking the door shut behind them.]
[She doesn't exactly get a chance to respond since she's busy absolutely sobbing and burying her face into any part of him she can reach. Leon's alive and she's managed to find him and that's enough. It takes a few moments for her to pull herself together, but she doesn't pull back either.]
…they're impossible to beat. They're destroying us out there and Yosuke-senpai and Mabel...I don't know why Kanzeon's gone, too but it's getting worse. [She pauses just a brief moment.] Are you okay?
[He nods, keeping his arms around her tight and pressing his face down into her hair. It's as much to calm himself down as it is her. He'd just seen Mabel earlier . . . he doesn't want to ask if she's implying what he thinks she is. He's pretty sure he knows. Saying anything about it will make him start to cry, which he's already embarrassingly close to, and he's fighting that right now with all he has.]
Uh-huh.
. . . Stay here. Maybe—maybe we can call the others, get everyone here with us . . .
[Leon no please don't cry, that'll make her cry harder and then they'll both be a mess. But it's a hard situation, isn't it? Everything's a mess and the world sort of feels like it's ending. Judging by the way she's clinging to him she's not interested in moving anytime soon, though there's a slow nod. She'll stay.]
But...I can't summon the right Persona. [She isn't thinking properly, having forgotten that they have CereVices that could be used to call people.] Have you ever met Rei-chan? She's been warding places around the city to keep people safe, but I don't know if our friends are in those places yet.
I haven't checked...when Yosuke-senpai's reading dropped off we had to find Yu-senpai. But Naoto-kun ran ahead and now they're both back at the base, I think. I hope. [Life sucks: a Rise Kujikawa story.]
...but texts should still be able to go out, right? That's how some of the others are communicating. [She's more crying now than sobbing, a little more able to think clearly.]
Yeah . . . I'll try, okay? Who should I text? C'mon, let's sit down . . .
[Not that he wants to pull away to do any of those things. He doesn't, and his arms don't loosen quite yet. They need this time, both of them, but especially Rise, and he doesn't want to interrupt it.]
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[She cuts the feed then and bolts, and it's not long after that Leon will hear a few almost-frantic knocks. As it turns out she was much closer than she'd thought.]
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Hey. Heeeyyy . . .
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…they're impossible to beat. They're destroying us out there and Yosuke-senpai and Mabel...I don't know why Kanzeon's gone, too but it's getting worse. [She pauses just a brief moment.] Are you okay?
[Belated, but at least she's asked.]
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Uh-huh.
. . . Stay here. Maybe—maybe we can call the others, get everyone here with us . . .
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But...I can't summon the right Persona. [She isn't thinking properly, having forgotten that they have CereVices that could be used to call people.] Have you ever met Rei-chan? She's been warding places around the city to keep people safe, but I don't know if our friends are in those places yet.
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I can just try callin' through the network if it's up . . .
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...but texts should still be able to go out, right? That's how some of the others are communicating. [She's more crying now than sobbing, a little more able to think clearly.]
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[Not that he wants to pull away to do any of those things. He doesn't, and his arms don't loosen quite yet. They need this time, both of them, but especially Rise, and he doesn't want to interrupt it.]