[Oh god oh god oh hell oh god not this again not this again. Another Alma- in an Exorcist coat, oh god- that she doesn't know how to handle. She switches to video without even thinking, blindly thumbing over the button, and she's shaking too much to think of filtering the feed or even keeping her voice calm. In fact, she sounds very close to panicked, her tone strained and practically bleeding fear.] Kanda! Be careful! Please.
[...that tone. She twists her free hand up in her skirt, heart pounding, staring at him with wide eyes. There it is. After a moment, she swallows, hard, and nods.] If you need help, I'll be watching.
[For signs of a fight. She can move fast, she can get there on time. But hearing Kanda speak like that- it's what's keeping her from flinging herself after him like she had with Rhode. This is the Kanda she trusts to take care of himself to the best of his ability, and let her fight by his side if he needs it. So she'll wait- for a while, at least.]
Okay. [She nods again, and judging by the sudden blur of background, she's heading to that trusty window again- and then up onto the rooftops. Who knows when she activated her Boots, but apparently she had. The video feed ends there, as she gives the PDA one last look before turning her eyes to the rest of Nesreca.]
[Hearing him say her name like that, it kind of unsettles her. She gives the PDA a somewhat wild look (he knows her? how does he know her?), face snow-pale.]
Don't hurt him! Please, he's my- [he's an Exorcist, he should understand-] he's my comrade!
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[Quickly, desperately, her voice strained to near-breaking point:] He is real! His... his name is Yu Kanda, his Innocence is- Mugen- please, just don't hurt him and I can explain everything!
[Oh, god, this is terrifying her in ways it shouldn't. She flinches back at his tone, and now her PDA is slipping in her sweaty grip. In a quiet, rapid whisper:] He- he's my friend. I'm sorry, but- this isn't your home, and we're not the Exorcists you know. Imagine if- if the Ark took you to a different world, instead of a different city or country. We're in Russia right now. The year is 2000. And that Kanda you're threatening is my oldest friend and you can't hurt him.
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I will. [And then there's that tone in his voice that backs up his words, a tone that was pretty much empty and absent for what seemed like months.]
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[For signs of a fight. She can move fast, she can get there on time. But hearing Kanda speak like that- it's what's keeping her from flinging herself after him like she had with Rhode. This is the Kanda she trusts to take care of himself to the best of his ability, and let her fight by his side if he needs it. So she'll wait- for a while, at least.]
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Wait. What.
WHAT IS GOING ON? Alma feels like his chest is on fire, and his veins are burning hot with growing panic.]
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Don't hurt him! Please, he's my- [he's an Exorcist, he should understand-] he's my comrade!
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Why are you looking at him like a stranger--and calling Yu her--comrade?
How do you even know who Yu is at all?!]
Lenalee...? What are you saying? He's not-- [Please look at him. Don't open your eyes and let him see those shields up against him.]
He's not real!
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-Had... had Kanda not made it in this Alma's world?]
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YOU DON'T. you shouldn't. why... how do you know him...]
Lena... He's--
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He swallows hard.]
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Another world. Everyone is saying the same thing...
A world... where Lenalee doesn't know him. Where a ghost has control over them.
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Where Yu is alive and well. But Lenalee doesn't know Alma.. so did...]
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[They live in a world where an Ark can be a giant floating box that moves itself.
Nothing is impossible.]
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