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Thank you. I don't want to be apart from you again, if I can help it.

...Stay with me a little while longer, please?

[He walks up to her and holds her hand.]

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[ How can she refuse when he makes the request like this? ]

Of course. I'll just clean up and we can go back.

[ Just the dishes left, then she washes her hands and drys them on a nearby towel. ]

Let's go.

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I appreciate it.

[He helps her out and then settles down eventually. Julius just wants to spend the rest of the day without worry.

Eventually he picks their pile of books and sorts it out on the table.]

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[ The door clicks shut behind her and they're back in their small room again. Windowless, but surprisingly not stuffy given how twice the number of intended people are inhabiting it. She joins him at the table and waits for him to pick a book (maybe) before she chooses.

It's quiet since she hasn't had to say anything yet. ]

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[It's not before long until he passes out on the chair. Julius is really tired and he knows it.

He didn't say anything the entire time either. Will Reika wake him? ]

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[ She's absorbed enough in her book to not notice at first, but once she does she has to act.

After a few moments' of consideration she puts down her book and (very) gently lifts him so she can put him down on the bed proper, pulling the blanket over him. She still needs to read, so she'll move her chair closer to the light and dim it. ]

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[He's asleep but hardly notices her touch. A couple of hours later he wakes up, realizing he's been moved.

Julius sighs knowing it was Reika. She keeps doing so much for him.]

Reika?

[p66]

[ It's her turn to be passed out on the chair, though she lays her head on the table as per their usual sleeping arrangements. The light is lowered to minimum intensity so he can see, and there's a glass of water on the side of the table closer to him.

It seems she possibly waited for him to wake before deciding to go to sleep herself. ]

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[At this time of night, Julius goes out for a walk.

He doesn't want to break up his routine. So before leaving he puts a blanket on top of Reika, careful not to wake her.]

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[ It's only a while later that she wakes, feeling the warmth from the blanket draped over her shoulders. Her first thought is confusion, given how there's only one blanket and -

- and... he's not there anymore.

Instantly she sits up, jolted into full wakefulness before she fumbles with her magitek. Calling up the tracking app, her panic only eases when she spots him on the map.

Why is he there? It seems she'll only find out if she goes to find him. So she does, her footsteps nearly silent in the dark chilly night. ]

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[He's just standing outside, gazing out into the distance by himself. There's noting particularly strange about it.

Though, soon enough he realizes she's there.]

Reika, you're awake.

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[ It's cold and she's wearing nothing but her inner uniform, so it's more through their natural endurance that she's made it this far. Her breath fogs up in the moonless night. ]

Julius...? Why are you here?

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I can't sleep well. I needed some air.

You should go back inside. [He'll go back soon enough.]

[p66]

[ There's something wrong but she doubts he'll tell now. ]

Okay... Let me know where you're going next time?

[ So she wouldn't have to wake up in a horrible panic again. ]

I'll wait for you.

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Alright, I'll let you know.

We should return. [He's done here. Julius walks back to their room before Reika gets sick.]

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[ She trails behind him all the way, unsure. His voice is quiet, but it's too dark for her to see his face and gauge how he feels. On the way back she sneezes once or twice, but she successfully managed to keep them quiet.

Now that they're back, he can go to sleep. She sets the blanket on the bed again. ]

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[You know he wasn't lying when he said he couldn't sleep. Julius can't even rest on his return.

He's just lying there wordlessly on the bed. Reika might have been asleep by now.]

[p66]

[ She would have if she wasn't concerned about him. After a while she sits up in her chair and turns over. ]

Julius...?

[ Is he awake? ]

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[He's asleep, but his body is tensing up. Julius shifts around unsteadily until he lets out a scream.

He's having some sort of nightmare apparently.]

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[ His unease in turn makes her anxious, so she's risen from her seat to watch him - but then he cries out, and she's at his side in an instant. He sounded like he was very much in pain, which is ten levels of worrying. ]

Julius? Can you hear me?

[ She shakes him gently by the shoulder. ]

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[He groans in response and clutches onto his chest.

Julius can't hear her until she shakes him a bit. Eventually he wakes up with his eyes unfocused.]

Reika....?

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[ He really needs to stop scaring her. ]

I'm right here... [ Just what is happening? ] How do you feel?

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It was just a dream.

I don't feel good. [Julius drops himself back onto the bed.]

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[ 'Just' a dream? ]

... I can get you some water...?

[ She's very much at a loss of what's to do. ]

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Of course.

[Julius takes in a few deep breaths attempting to calm down. This happens every night.

He isn't paying much mind to it.]