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[crystallomancy]

( ... )

He doesn't remember anyTHING. Not you or Maya-chan, or what hapPENED. I told him he's been stabbed beFORE, but I didn't say who did IT, and I wouldn't tell him why even if I KNEW.

( Because he's afraid that if Kouji knew, he'd go after Hiro, and—

well. Natsume has been trying not to kill people, but he might not hesitate for Hiro's safety. He might not. )

You never told ME. ( Hiro doesn't have to. But Natsume glances at him, eyebrows pressed together. ) It's not necessary for our friendship eiTHER, but being friends means we can help each other carry the burdens weighing heavy on our HEARTS.

[adsum]

[ There's a little distressed face he makes at Natsume telling Kouji he's been stabbed, but it relaxes when Natsume continues to assure him that he wouldn't have snitched.

...Shifting backwards, Hiro links his two pinkies together in the sign of a promise, then flips his hands around to hook his thumbs together, fingers splayed out to flap slowly like a bird taking off as he lifts his hands. Something about a promise, something about freedom. ]

[crystallomancy]

( he's no grass, and he likes hiro, too. hiro's never snitched on him either as far as he knows so all's good.

Hmmm. Natsume pops some of the ruined Kuromi in his mouth, thinking about the motions. Take it a bit at a time... )

...Did stabbing him free you of a proMISE, or did you make a promise about it to ensure someone's freeDOM?

[adsum]

[ Hiro, reporting everything back to Maya,

He holds up two fingers, but sort of hesitantly, like that's not exactly it but it's the closer of the two options ]

[crystallomancy]

(　thinking about all the conversations they've had................ strike him down now )

Hmmmm.

( Now it's more like, which part of it, or if the whole thing's just askew slightly, like when you move furniture in a room and keep hitting your knee on the couch that shouldn't be there but is now because you made some adjustments.

time to piece out this ig welcome to a long thread of choices. didn't have to be this way. )

You made the proMISE, or was it one made by something ELSE... or a third opTION?

[adsum]

[ Maya, reporting everything back to Hiro,


but okay, we're really playing 20 questions, huh

He holds up two fingers. ...three? ...two. Not something, but someone. ]

[crystallomancy]

( and who does nao report to?? ugh

Three... so third? But closer to the second... )

Someone else made a proMISE. ( ... ) Maya-chan? Seki-kun? Sato-chan?

( the only three people he can think to link to hiro ngl )

[adsum]

[ He holds up two fingers, but really Natsume only needed to give him the latter two options, because all Maya would have to do is ask him to do something and he would. ]

[crystallomancy]

( First part: established. Key notes: Seki-kun made a promise. )

With you or someone ELSE?

[adsum]

[ He holds up two fingers in one hand, and then a second after, holds up one finger with the other. Seki-kun made a promise with somebody else first, then turned around and made one with Hiro. ]

[crystallomancy]

( Someone else, but then the second one... Oh. )

...And yours involved freeDOM, or was that the FIRST?

[adsum]

[ ehh... here's another time he holds up one finger with one hand and then two with the other, because it was both, but the first more than his own ]

[crystallomancy]

( how they're doing this instead of hiro just talking which natsume knows he can do because he's done it with him all of one time before and it's a moment he cherishes plenty )

Freedom from WHAT, I wonDER... Well ( glancing around a bit, ) I wouldn't blame him for wanting it from HERE, but to escape the trials and tribulations of this cycle you'd have to achieve something very few people DO.

( Putting graduation all the way to the side there, like, enlightenment and escaping reincarnation and all is so narrow. You'd never know if you did either; the soul ceases to exist after it ascends, after all. )

Who did he make the first promise WITH?

[adsum]

[ sighs at how Hiro can speak but he's only ever done so twice and I have to keep playing charades. At least some of these are easy, like the answer to this last question which is a big shrug ]

[crystallomancy]

( hmmmm well that's something to look into another day. )

I suppose I can't expect you to know everyTHING. ( A little smile, though. ) Thank you for trusting me enough to say anything at ALL, Hiro-kun.

( it's nice. he slowly returns to eating. )

I know I sort of leveraged you into IT, but you still didn't have to anSWER. ( ... ) You can ask me anything you want TOO.

[adsum]

[ He taps the corner of his right eye. Maya tells him everything. ]

[crystallomancy]

( What does his right eye have to do with anyth

And then it hits him, and, oh.





Natsume pauses, and he thinks about just trying to brush it off like he tried with Subaru—but that hadn't worked, and Hiro'd been honest with him as far as he knows. His grip on his chopsticks tightens a bit, and while the smile that returns to his face isn't a genuine one, it's the one Hiro gets treated to all the same. )

What about IT? If she mentioned it to YOU, then I assume you're aware of what's going on with it and why it's like THAT.

[adsum]

[ He understands why, technically, but not why— and it's that second why that has him concerned, eyes downcast for a moment while figuring out how to phrase it, but then he raises his hands in his best Hanako impression, like this



has giving up sight been fruitful at all, essentially ]

[crystallomancy]

( ... )

I may have been hasty in giving it UP, ( he admits quietly, gaze dropping down, ) but I thought it would HELP. And so FAR, it... For the purpose I had traded it FOR, and what I received in reTURN, it hasn't been particularly SO.

( ... )

It hasn't been all BAD. There's a ghost that haunts the libraRY, Haruka-chan--she's been ecstatic that someone new can see HER, can talk to HER. The way her face lights up alone makes this trade worth IT. Then there's the gardener; he's not exactly a friendly spiRIT, and I'm sure there's a reason he's kept out of the school ( he has his suspicions, beginning and ending with knowing kazuki's..... yeah. ) but he's been wonderful to talk to, TOO.

And I suppose Hanako-kun is fine eNOUGH.

( As long as Natsume's not hurting Nene's feelings or flirting with her to tease her. He looks up again, briefly, then back down. )

Yet I'm no closer to my goal despite having traded one sight for anoTHER. I suppose I'm not as grown up as I thought I was--only a child sees something that might help and doesn't stop to think of how to utilize IT. They simply consider if it's worth the cost and decides yes or NO.

[adsum]

[ There's no sense of recognition when he hears Haruka's name, but he does look a little nervous at the mention of the gardener.

But, for what it's worth, he taps the outside of his wrist like one would with a watch— "give it some time"— and then does a little fistpump, as if to cheer Natsume on. ]

[crystallomancy]

( ... )

I appreciate the FAITH. ( for real. ) Have you met Kazuki-san, or have you just heard about HIM?

( given the nervousness, )

[adsum]

[ He holds up two fingers, then points at his eyes and shakes his head. He knows the gardener is a spirit, but he can't see him. It doesn't really factor much into his Yogen experience, though, seeing as he and Maya go home well before dark and wouldn't be around to get eaten anyways. ]

[crystallomancy]

( Well, he's not the only one who can't see him, so that's fair.

...oh. )

Is Sato-chan afraid of GHOSTS?

( promise this is a good lead-in into something. promising. )

[adsum]

[ He sort of shrugs, and nods, at the same time, uncertain. In the way of "I don't know, but maybe?" It would largely depend on context, he thinks, and he looks up at Natsume with a tilt of the head for him to explain a little further ]

[crystallomancy]

( me: yeah what WAS this a lead in for
don't worry i remember )

If she's NOT, and you want a friendly ghost to chat WITH, the one in the library is always looking for new FRIENDS. Séances aren't so difficult to do eiTHER.

( Natsume's idea of a good time is to teach Hiro dangerous things, like magic circles and talking to the dead, I guess. )

...She's like a little sister to ME, and she gets lonely very easiLY, so it'd be nice if she could have a few more people who acknowledge her exisTENCE. I suppose it's a selfish of me to bring it up to you THOUGH.