Library

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*There are skills you lose if you don't practice. There are things you need to read up on to keep them fresh. Plus, Sayu just loves what she's studying. That's why she's up to her elbows in the most technical books she could find in the library.*

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[curtainwizard]

[Light is no longer a child: he woke up the morning after Christmas, to find himself without the conjured hat - thankfully - and with his own mind and body again. It felt like being unlocked: opened. And he remembers it - not so much with the odd, younger perspective, but as if he was watching within. So there are people he needs to see, after all that's happened: who need to be dealt with.

And here's one of them. He comes up behind you, cat-silent, library-quiet.]

Sayu.

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Oh hey. You're back to normal. That's really great.

*He's just about startled her out of her skin, but she slides into the cheerfulness immediately.*

It was you, right?

[curtainwizard]

It was me.

[The momentary alarm is palpable: he cultivates it in others. It helps with things like this, if the other is just a little off-balance. Looking so serious that he could be going to do - well, anything - he leans forward, rests one hand on the back of your head, plants a quick kiss in your hair, and murmurs into your ear before stepping back again.]

Thank you.

[smallpackaging]

*The little gesture moves her to tears. Above all, he is her big brother, and his approval is everything.*

I didn't want to manipulate you, but I didn't want to hurt you, either. You were so young, oniichan.