[It's more than just that. Renzo had been Rin's friend too, after all. And now, with what she's seen, they both know the consequences of what happens to those who disappear... how many more people had Rin lost all this time, without even knowing? And not to mention the problems with his memories -- problems she still only barely knew about, and hadn't been experiencing herself at all.]
I-I dunno... but. I wish I could've done... s-something. They didn't deserve that. I couldn't even tell how many there were, or if there was anyone else I...
[Her grip on Rin tightens, balling a handful of his shirt in both hands.]
What if... wh-what if Ion was...
[She can't bring herself to finish that sentence. She's been trying all this time not to think about what became of the Ion who was here, even making a point not to talk about him. Either way, the Ion she knew back home was dead. And so what the replica. But he was alive here before... did that mean he was carted away in one of those trucks too? Could he have been lying in that pile too, buried beneath the pile of corpses?]
[She curls her head down, shaking even more. She feels like she's going to be sick.]
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I-I dunno... but. I wish I could've done... s-something. They didn't deserve that. I couldn't even tell how many there were, or if there was anyone else I...
[Her grip on Rin tightens, balling a handful of his shirt in both hands.]
What if... wh-what if Ion was...
[She can't bring herself to finish that sentence. She's been trying all this time not to think about what became of the Ion who was here, even making a point not to talk about him. Either way, the Ion she knew back home was dead. And so what the replica. But he was alive here before... did that mean he was carted away in one of those trucks too? Could he have been lying in that pile too, buried beneath the pile of corpses?]
[She curls her head down, shaking even more. She feels like she's going to be sick.]