Chikage waits until they're seated in the relative privacy of the booth and the server's off with their orders before replying, voice steady. ] ... You're serious.
[ God, just how far does this magical time shit go? He hasn't witnessed the panic of a missing Izumi himself, having uh. been the cause of missing Izumi last time. but there's no way her disappearance wouldn't have caused a ripple through their precious Company. Just hearing "a few weeks" fills Chikage with anger and a sense of personal failure simultaneously. Not a single one of them wouldn't have torn Veludo Way apart just to find her.
But that didn't happen. And Izumi may be the type to focus on others, but she wouldn't lie about something this important.
(... or maybe she would. she hasn't told anyone the truth of the first disappearance.)
His head hurts. But he stares at her, critical. A few weeks is a fair bit of time - long enough for bruises to fade. Has she been staying safe? Is she even okay now? ] Has anything happened in that time? [ Are you okay? ]
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Chikage waits until they're seated in the relative privacy of the booth and the server's off with their orders before replying, voice steady. ] ... You're serious.
[ God, just how far does this magical time shit go? He hasn't witnessed the panic of a missing Izumi himself, having uh. been the cause of missing Izumi last time. but there's no way her disappearance wouldn't have caused a ripple through their precious Company. Just hearing "a few weeks" fills Chikage with anger and a sense of personal failure simultaneously. Not a single one of them wouldn't have torn Veludo Way apart just to find her.
But that didn't happen. And Izumi may be the type to focus on others, but she wouldn't lie about something this important.
(... or maybe she would. she hasn't told anyone the truth of the first disappearance.)
His head hurts. But he stares at her, critical. A few weeks is a fair bit of time - long enough for bruises to fade. Has she been staying safe? Is she even okay now? ] Has anything happened in that time? [ Are you okay? ]