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(Fair enough)
(I forgot she existed so yes)
Daphne glanced up and glared at Tseth. “I’m fine.” She paused, then stared at the ground again, realizing how harsh that sounded. “Sorry-”
What she was really confused about was why they all had helped her. She didn’t even know them that well, they could have easily ignored her…
“Why did you help me?”
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Aelin spoke first. “It wouldn’t be very nice to let my roommate get beat up, would it?”
Tseth looked at Daphne and shrugged. “I trust her judgement.” Well, he mostly joined in the fight because Aelin was in it.
Aelin rolled her eyes at Tseth. “You just like to get into fights.” She looked at Daphne again, now a bit concerned. “And you need to go to the nurse’s office.” Which was what she needed to do as well, but Daphne seemed worse off.
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“I guess so…” Daphne was still a little confused, but she didn’t press any harder.
She rolled her eyes at Aelin. “I’m still fine. I’ve had worse…” She blinked a few times. That was the one thing she was not supposed to mention at all. Well, shit. “…Nevermind. Let’s just go-“ She quickly stood up, then stumbled and fell again, catching herself on the wall. ”Ow-“
(Shit response ✨✨✨✨)
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(petition to get Resh and Tsadi back /j/j)
Aelin’s immediate reaction was to try and reach out to catch her. But Daphne stabled herself, and she quickly brought her hands back to her side. She looked around awkwardly. “I can help Daphne over to the office. I know the way.”
She looked back at Alex, who was now standing along with everyone else. “Had fun catching up, heh.”
Alex regarded her with a small smile. “Yeah. Until next time.”
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Daphne stayed completely silent, watching the others. She leaned against the wall, and it was an effort just to stay upright. It was easy to tell, no matter how much she tried to hide the fact.
She was still crying. She hadn’t stopped crying, to be honest. She was just being less obvious about it.
(I’m disappointed in myself (again))
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(hurries to respond to this)
(blinks)
(Now wait a damn minute)
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(wait)
(What)
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(☠️)
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Aelin watched Daphne for a moment. Damn it, comforting people is hard. She hesitated, and then held out a hand. "I can help you away from all the people. And we both need to be. . . We're both hurt." What was the right word for that? Ugh.
Tseth turned around, patting Alex on the shoulder. "Let's go."
As he started walking, Alex looked at him confused for a moment, but quickly starting walking beside him.
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Daphne stared at Aelin, then slowly took her hand. She looked down. “Thank you…” She mumbled. I never should have come out here. I should’ve just stayed away from everyone. I should have known something like this might happen- Her grip on Aelin’s hand tightened slightly, but she didn’t notice.
