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[littlest_devil]

Wait...what? You're serious? [Her tone is genuine disbelief.]

You know the others won't be coming with me if you go through with this, but...I'll be okay. I've had to manage being alone once, I think I could do it again.

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[vulcanblazer]

...Believe me, I'm surprised too. But happy to hear it.

[littlest_devil]

[That's a voice she recognizes pretty much instantly, even if it's been more than a year.]

Adell? You're still there? [Now she sounds less disbelieving and more relieved.] What about any of the others? Like...Mom, or Charlotte, or Silvia, or...?

[vulcanblazer]

Yeah.

[That comes out... a little more bitter than he meant it to, mostly to the mention of the others.]

...I'm the only one left.

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[littlest_devil]

You're— [—in the same boat she was in, back when Patchouli had vanished.

It would seem that their old roles have been reversed. Instead of him being the one to help her like he had back then...]

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[littlest_devil]

Do you need anything?

[vulcanblazer]

...Right now? No. I threw my tantrums already. A night drinking sake and spending it at the hot springs worked surprisingly well.

[He sighs lightly.]

I just needed a night. It still hurts sometimes, but... can't give in. Gotta keep going.

[littlest_devil]

But trying to go on your own is too hard. I-I should know, Adell, I've been there.

[vulcanblazer]

Someone from Earth once said "If you're going through Hell, keep going." It's about all you can do in Luceti.

But I'm not entirely alone. No one from our home here is left, and other friends are gone too. But a couple of people helped me out here. Reimu even gave me one of the bottles of sake I had at the springs.

...She knows the good stuff.

[littlest_devil]

If the rest of the family— [Yes, that's what she considered the dysfunctional clusterfuck that was House 44, deal with it.] —is gone, then I don't see how I can't try to do something.

[vulcanblazer]

[He doesn't argue with the interpretation of House 44. It was family for him too.]

Well, being stuck across dimensions makes that... really tough. So... try not to let it bother you too much. I'll find a way out of here somehow.

[littlest_devil]

[This face.]

You...realize that I want to go back, right?

[vulcanblazer]

This is news to me. I figured Gensokyo would be a lot better than Luceti...

[littlest_devil]

[It's mostly that she'd gotten fairly attached to some of the people she met there.]

And that I didn't want to leave in the first place?

[For the same reason.]

[vulcanblazer]

[Given how close knit the house was...]

...Well, I understand that much.

[Pretty damn well.]

So Adell, if you were wondering how much of an influence you were when she was there before...

[littlest_devil]

And that I'm not going to let you tell me not to worry about it because sitting back and doing nothing, when I think my being there could help you, is definitely not my style?

[Hey Adell...I think Koa just won this one.]

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[vulcanblazer]

[He's quiet for a good long moment.]

[vulcanblazer]

...Well. You got me there. Can't argue with that.

[Can't. And won't.]