yves

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[ saber nods as if they have any idea of what a reliever is, which they do not. ]

He sounds like a really amazing person. I'm glad that you have a person like that in your life.

[noirges]

Me too.

[ fondly ]

I'm glad that he still gets to be alive, even though I miss him so much.

[rippled]

... well, if things manage to go okay here, you'll be able to see him again.

[noirges]

[



extremely obvious pause ]

Maybe, yeah.

[rippled]

[ .... ]

You don't sound very certain?

[noirges]

I'm... still deciding if I want to go back to life?

People kind of just assume that I am...

[rippled]

Oh.

No, that is fair. I am in a similar position.

[noirges]

Are you?

Can I ask... where you are in your decision making?

[rippled]

I'm not sure. I do not think there is a space for me anymore, for where I was before I came here. It makes the idea of going back there difficult.

[noirges]

What about your partner? You don't want to go with him?

[rippled]

[ a pause, like they just realized they misspoke. ]

Things have changed and I cannot.

[noirges]

Why not?

[rippled]

[ they shift uncomfortable, before sighing. ]

He's dead.

[noirges]

[ ah. he looks surprised ]

... can I give you a hug?

[rippled]

[ oh. this surprise them. ]

... yes.

[noirges]

[ okay.

then yves will move forward and pull saber into a hug, embracing them close like that can make anything better at all ]

... I'm sorry. Losing a partner is one of the most difficult things that I can imagine. [ and he's the one who made hugo go through that ]

You must miss him.

[rippled]

... I believe I am still processing it. It had happened right before I came here.

[ it's kind of a rollercoaster, to go from the death of a loved one to finding out you're also dead and in heaven.

they will... briefly lean into the hug. moment of weakness. ]

[noirges]

[ MY SABERRRRRR

yves will just gently hold them in this hug, still mindful of the injuries they sustained from the week before. his hand automatically comes up to run through their hair, in an attempt to be soothing against the worst news in the world ]

... I'm sorry. It must've been a shock, one thing after another.

Would it help to talk about it?

[rippled]

It's complicated.

[ the explanation isn't difficult to give, it's the actual act of saying it. ]

He just... made some decisions, in the end, that took him down a path no one could follow.

[noirges]

[ yves pauses, because - he understands. he's not sure what could have led to iori dying but... ]

... it must feel lonely.

[rippled]

That is a feeling you can learn to get used to.

[ for better or for worse. ]

[noirges]

[ . . . ]

I wish you didn't have to. Do you still feel lonely here?

[rippled]

Here...?

[ they pause. ]

Everyone here is very thoughtful.

[noirges]

[ a little knowing smile ]

... don't think that answered my question, Saber.

[rippled]

[ a pause, and they will smile back. ]

Don't worry about it, Yves. I will take care of myself. This isn't anything I'm not used to.