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[unweathered]

But then we would have to deal with other people and the crowd. Very annoying.

[Schneider steps back, tipping into a little curtsy. There is music playing from a nearby bar and that is enough to sway to]

[bloodandstars]

And the chatter and the inane questions.

[ Although Maika sounds more amused than sharp about it. Sometimes, one is just the world's angriest extrovert. She gives Schneider a bow only slightly ironic in its awkwardness and follows her obligingly in the sway, athletic-graceful despite the unfamiliarity of dancing again. ]

...I didn't think I could miss my own world. This place made me realize otherwise.

[unweathered]

Mm. We always long for the familiar, don't we?

[ Schneider laughs and begins to move to the beat, her steps natural and at ease]

Even the shithole places.

[bloodandstars]

Hah. Better the shithole you know...

[ The one you belong in. Maika's grin turns wry, just a little focused as she follows the rhythm that Schneider picks out. ]

...There were beautiful places there, too. Maybe not many, anymore. But they hung on. And they'll rebuild.

[unweathered]

Mmm. [ Schneider can't see that for herself. There's nothing to be found in dust to dust. But] Then it must be worth going back for.

[bloodandstars]

[ Maika nods — she's never been in doubt of that, for all the shit she'll talk about her world. There's just too much she's not done with.

The only people who were ever real family to her need her now. ]

...To me, anyway. What about you? I know your home is gone. And this place...

[ Kind of sucks, actually. ]

[unweathered]

If I could go back to my family, I'd go back in an instant. [Schneider admits freely] I... didn't mind the poverty. Back then...

[well, she was young enough not to know any better]

Fuck. I won't stay here though. Maybe...

[ She'll turn back to dust? Give up on everything...?]

[bloodandstars]

...It didn't matter, while you had each other?

[ She doubts the sappy words will leave Schneider's mouth, so she'll say it. Whatever. She's bared worse vulnerabilities before.

Maika glances out at the night, giving a quiet huff as she tugs Schneider along. Dancing, still moving. She hates being still. ]

You've already come this far. There's got to be something better than this.

[unweathered]

[She nudges Maika's hand to send her into a graceful twirl and doesn't answer. Maika already know it anyway ]

Better than this? [ A strange smile curves at Schneider's lips] I wonder, sometimes. With the way the other "chosen" behave...ahaha.

[bloodandstars]

[ Maika spins, her expression brightening a little despite herself. With our without those memories, there's still no denying that she loves to dance. ]

...What, you mean you think every world out there only makes fucked-up people?

[unweathered]

Yes. [Honestly] I did not think I'd meet anyone more messed up than me, and yet...

[bloodandstars]

[ Okay, she wins. That gets a crack of a laugh out of Maika. ]

Congrats. You and me? We're normal. Maybe a little traumatized and pissed off. But I'd say we're still more sane than not.

[unweathered]

Mmm. Funny how we know that yet other people might think otherwise.

[Ahahha]