[Juliet is pacing slowly up and down along a wall. She's bumped the PCD, which she'd set on a little table, and so it gets a good view of her retreating backside as she walks the length of the wall. She turns, and drifts back the way she'd come. In her arms, tucked against her chest, she cradles Bubbles' stuffed octopus. Dark circles show under
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M-majesty. You are quite kind.
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[And then she realizes that means the Queen will be traveling through the streets.]
Majesty, forgive me, but you cannot go out of doors! It is not safe! Have you any sort of escort to see you safely from one place to another? I would not have you risk yourself.
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Usagi, is she with you? Did she make it to the clinic? She sounded so weak this morning. Can you - can you truly heal her? A woman at the clinic said there was nothing to be done for those with this illness.
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[There's no teasing or joking, no ditzy silliness.]
I will definitely save her, and as many people as I can.
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I will try very hard to believe you. I want so desperately to. This illness is so strange. I've seen nothing like it before.
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Spike. You are safe?
[Because she needs the people she cares for to be safe.]
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You have? These creatures are something common in your time? What madness befalls the world in future?
I am safe. I am with my cousin at Sokka's. I worry for everyone else. You - you saw what befell Bubbles, did you not?
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[She trails off, at a loss. Asking what's wrong or if she's okay will be pointless. Right now everything is wrong and nothing is okay.]
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[Every new face to say something makes her realize exactly how many of the people she cares for are still outside, where safety is not guaranteed.]
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[Her tone is laid over a subtle question, asking without really asking what Juliet is worried about.]
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That is good. I would not want more people I care for hurt.
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Juliet? It... will be all right. [He doesn't sound too convinced himself. But he has to be strong for her if nothing else]
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Willpower. He has it. He can do this]
We'll make it through. I promise. Somehow.
[And he's sort of awkwardly trying to stroke her hair]
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