[Yona nods back and heads for the stairs, trusting that he will follow her.
She doesn't know if they're both stepping lightly, if the priest is exceptionally unobservant, or if they're simply lucky, but they make it there with no fuss. She takes the first step without a second thought and starts the trek upward.
It will take some time before she realizes that no matter how many stairs they climb, they'll just stretch on and on, an endless corridor. And if they try to turn back, they'll get no closer to the opening they came through.
For now - when she thinks they're a safe distance away from the priest - she speaks in a whisper.]
...when Zeno wakes up... [When, she says. If the Natha have saved Hiryuu, of all people - Hiryuu, who she'd never thought she would have the opportunity to meet - then they have certainly saved him too, and it's only a matter of time before he opens his eyes.] He's going to be so happy to see you again.
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She doesn't know if they're both stepping lightly, if the priest is exceptionally unobservant, or if they're simply lucky, but they make it there with no fuss. She takes the first step without a second thought and starts the trek upward.
It will take some time before she realizes that no matter how many stairs they climb, they'll just stretch on and on, an endless corridor. And if they try to turn back, they'll get no closer to the opening they came through.
For now - when she thinks they're a safe distance away from the priest - she speaks in a whisper.]
...when Zeno wakes up... [When, she says. If the Natha have saved Hiryuu, of all people - Hiryuu, who she'd never thought she would have the opportunity to meet - then they have certainly saved him too, and it's only a matter of time before he opens his eyes.] He's going to be so happy to see you again.