school: caleb

[shaft]

tbc

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[katzepaw]

Ah.

[That's one way to do it. He thinks that to himself, but then decides to respect it and just answer matter of factly.]

Rita and I were at the garage. There was a car missing. And some flowers picked in the garden, as well.

[shaft]

[ He takes a bit longer than usual to digest this information, nodding to himself. ]

Were you... [ He stops for a second. ] Oh, I didn't even say hello before interrogating you, did I?

[katzepaw]

[Dryly - ]

Hello. Interrogate away, I don't mind it.

[shaft]

[ He gives Caleb a thin smile in return. ]

Well then. Did you find either of them?

[katzepaw]

No. Uhm, Yamato did, and Maya. The missing car crashed into the rock wall, and she was inside.

[shaft]

[ Maya? Maya? He hadn't been able to track her down yet. ]

... I see. That's. [ ... ] I wish it hadn't been them.

[katzepaw]

I do, too. [Neither wants to be protected, but she had a way of doing it anyway.]

[shaft]

[ The thought gets him to smile a little. ]

The past few weeks I've been trying to console myself with the fact that they're not completely lost to us, but.

[ He's just covering his face for a second. ]

It doesn't quite soften the blow enough.

[katzepaw]

No, it doesn't.

[He's frowning a little, watching him.]

But you aren't wrong. I think we will see them again very soon.

[shaft]

[ Just give him a second.

He moves the hand away and runs it through his hair. ]

I think we will too. If the bear key really is the one we're hoping it is.

I just hope our friend doesn't decide to do anything drastic before then.

[ They can't really predict this No-Name. ]