[ She shows up hours after the initial commotion dies down. After Boxer mentions that Yusuke stayed behind for the clean up, once the tension in his shoulder disappears and he's okay with her slipping out to the streets again ( be careful, he wishes, and she nods ). Because having another individual gasp their last breath in front of you is an awful feeling that festers. Refuses to leave. Haunts corners and idle thoughts longer than anyone really wants it to.
It's less that they're kindred souls — but more that she'd rather avoid having more people face that kind of nightmare alone ( like she had to ). She moves through the city against her better judgement, slips into the laboratory before she decides that she might be overstepping one way or another. It's too late to consider that.
( But it's not too late to pass by other volunteers walking out of the hospital, their shoulders unnaturally tense and their jaw tense. She thinks nothing of it, until one almost seems to stagger into her shoulder, raising her alarm bells when he reaches for her wrist to steady himself.
Against all expectations, he stumbles away just as quickly. A moment passes before the skin-crawling feeling disappears, and she speeds up towards the laboratory. )
It's reassuring that Yusuke seems to be keeping busy, at least. Not that that deters her from approaching him at all; just ... maybe from a direction where he'll see her approach. If he notices her at all. Either way, there's a sealed water bottle that she hands him; if he looks up to her face, she shrugs. ]
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It's less that they're kindred souls — but more that she'd rather avoid having more people face that kind of nightmare alone ( like she had to ). She moves through the city against her better judgement, slips into the laboratory before she decides that she might be overstepping one way or another. It's too late to consider that.
( But it's not too late to pass by other volunteers walking out of the hospital, their shoulders unnaturally tense and their jaw tense. She thinks nothing of it, until one almost seems to stagger into her shoulder, raising her alarm bells when he reaches for her wrist to steady himself.
Against all expectations, he stumbles away just as quickly. A moment passes before the skin-crawling feeling disappears, and she speeds up towards the laboratory. )
It's reassuring that Yusuke seems to be keeping busy, at least. Not that that deters her from approaching him at all; just ... maybe from a direction where he'll see her approach. If he notices her at all. Either way, there's a sealed water bottle that she hands him; if he looks up to her face, she shrugs. ]