She could kill whoever that was. But she won't ask, since there are more important matters at hand.
Her arms move around him and she holds him tight. "Feel me. My arms around you. My heartbeat against your chest. My breath tickling your ear. You're real. You're here."
They can talk about it of course, but first comes reassurance.
"You're real. You're a person. You're the one I love. We have a future together, a long and happy one." She isn't always one for such optimism, but this seems like the time to bring it out.
Seems that she's already thought of that as she dances them around until they're aimed for the kitchen and then starts towards it.
"Would you like me to make the tea with telekinesis and my heating powers? I thought making it yourself might soothe you, but if you need the contact that's fine."
"I would be very appreciative if you would make it, thank you." Relieved. He may not entirely let go of her for some time, though he'll at least get a hand free to drink the tea when it's ready.
"All right. Green tea with jasmine?" She uses her fire powers to heat the kettle while the teapot, teacups, tea, and strainer are all put into position. She makes sure to use the pretty tea set that she got him with memories of them on it. Every little bit helps.
In no time at all the tea is ready and it pours itself into the pot with the tea set in the strainer. Then, after another few moments, the whole setup moves to the coffee table in the living room and Saya pours the tea with her telekinesis, only sparing a hand when it's time to pick up the cup and hand it to him.
The smell of the tea, the tea set with their memories, the warmth... All of it helps to loosen the tension in Kantera's body. He's able to unwrap one arm from her in order to accept and sip his tea.
"I'm glad." She gives him a warm smile and sips at her tea as well. Unsurprisingly she's taken quite a liking to it.
"Do you want to talk through how you're feeling?" She thought about asking what happened, then decides that she doesn't need to know more of that to make him comfortable.
"I feel... much as if a wound I had that was slowly beginning to heal was reopened without warning. -I have been better, about thinking of myself as a whole person, but..."
"As the recent recipient of a hit to my issues, I can assure you that's not how it works. I've wished that for myself, but it just takes time. Time and support."
"Hopefully you'll never be without me to put that to the test." She would certainly never leave his side voluntarily. (If she was going to, she'd have done it last year in the midst of her depression.)
"Would it help to look at some pictures of us? I have my Imeeji phone here and my phone from here."
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Date: Jun. 1st, 2025 07:41 pm (UTC)Her arms move around him and she holds him tight. "Feel me. My arms around you. My heartbeat against your chest. My breath tickling your ear. You're real. You're here."
They can talk about it of course, but first comes reassurance.
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Date: Jun. 1st, 2025 07:45 pm (UTC)Inhale, exhale. Inhale, exhale. Her arms around him are grounding.
"This is real. I am here and a person."
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Date: Jun. 1st, 2025 07:51 pm (UTC)Re: action
Date: Jun. 1st, 2025 07:56 pm (UTC)Inhale, exhale. Inhale, exhale.
"...I've calmed down, I think."
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Date: Jun. 1st, 2025 08:44 pm (UTC)"Let's sit and talk. You can make tea, and we'll work this through."
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Date: Jun. 1st, 2025 09:23 pm (UTC)…but he would have to let go of her to make it. Dilemma.
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Date: Jun. 1st, 2025 09:25 pm (UTC)"Would you like me to make the tea with telekinesis and my heating powers? I thought making it yourself might soothe you, but if you need the contact that's fine."
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Date: Jun. 1st, 2025 11:00 pm (UTC)Re: action
Date: Jun. 1st, 2025 11:34 pm (UTC)In no time at all the tea is ready and it pours itself into the pot with the tea set in the strainer. Then, after another few moments, the whole setup moves to the coffee table in the living room and Saya pours the tea with her telekinesis, only sparing a hand when it's time to pick up the cup and hand it to him.
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Date: Jun. 1st, 2025 11:36 pm (UTC)"'Tis delicious, my dear. Thank you."
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Date: Jun. 1st, 2025 11:38 pm (UTC)"Do you want to talk through how you're feeling?" She thought about asking what happened, then decides that she doesn't need to know more of that to make him comfortable.
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Date: Jun. 1st, 2025 11:47 pm (UTC)This brings back those issues full force.
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Date: Jun. 2nd, 2025 03:27 pm (UTC)"It's okay if it takes time. I'll always help you. So will the other people here whom you love."
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Date: Jun. 2nd, 2025 05:59 pm (UTC)He knows that people love him and view him as a real person. Why can't he simply internalize that and be fine forever?
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Date: Jun. 3rd, 2025 07:59 pm (UTC)Which she can give him, of course.
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Date: Jun. 3rd, 2025 11:15 pm (UTC)Re: action
Date: Jun. 3rd, 2025 11:18 pm (UTC)"Would it help to look at some pictures of us? I have my Imeeji phone here and my phone from here."
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Date: Jun. 4th, 2025 09:48 pm (UTC)"That sounds lovely, actually. What pictures do you have from Ellipsa?"