tactic | NONA.

[how dare you

anyway, nona goes quiet, and stays that way after the memory finishes. what do you even say to something like that?]

[ There's an ache in his chest and Aventurine shakily inhales. Seeing his sister, hearing her voice, it sends a fresh wave of grief over him.

He balls his hands into fists at his sides as he stares at the ground, only becoming aware of Nona's presence a second later as he tries to pull himself out of it. ]

... I guess it was my turn.

[it's not her sister, but even just as an observer, the grief washes over nona as well.]

... I'm sorry. That was something I shouldn't have seen.

[ Shakes his head. ]

It was a long time ago.

[ And time... hasn't really made it any better. ]

That journey I mentioned before... It's partly for her. For my parents, too.

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[... yeah, time doesn't always make things much easier.]

Then I hope it's a really good one—for all of you.

Thank you...

[ He trails off, a soft smile on his face as he studies Nona for just a moment. ]

So far it has been. The people I've been meeting have been one of a kind.

[she smiles back, albeit with a bit of ? over him studying her.]

Yeah. ... There's nowhere that will ever mean as much as home, but the world is a big place—full of amazing people.

[ DON'T JUST LET IT FLY PAST NONA'S HEAD ]

I didn't look so closely before. But now, I guess I have the time to.

[what ever could aventurine mean...]

... Yeah, time is something we do have here, as weird as it is to think that.

[ OKAY ]

Do you think about it a lot? I don't really know what you get up to in your spare time.

Well, it's just... we do technically have time limits hanging over our heads, with the ritual and everything.

But everything going on back home was really hectic recently, so bizarrely, this is also the first time in a while I've had room to breathe.

I understand that a little better than you might expect.

[ TWO OF THEM. ]

It's been strange, hasn't it? And getting to talk to so many people... I don't usually get to stick around this long.