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[not_that_sasuke]

[Sasuke does not have a phone and currently can only be contacted in person.]

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[not_that_sasuke]

[Another question... but he doesn't know the answer to it. Huh?]

...Who's Zen?

[flowerclips]

[ that gets rei to stop dead in her tracks and to freeze up. it'd be so much easier if she could just say something like "he's no one" so she can avoid this line of questioning, but she can't bring herself to say that because that's not true. he's everything. ]

He... he's...

[ ... what does she say? she settles for the following, hoping that sasuke remembers the conversation they had long ago when they first met: ]

... Zen's the one who put me in the school.

[not_that_sasuke]

[It does take him a bit to remember.]

...Oh.

[Yeah.]

But... it's not your fault you're here now, right?

[flowerclips]

[ she bundles up her hands in her clothes, kneading them anxiously. she doesn't look up, just staring downwards. ]

M-Mmhm, it's not...

[ that should be it, but she doesn't seem pleased with that answer. she still looks overly guilty and it seems like maybe she doesn't want to talk any more about it. ]

... C-Can we move forward now?

[not_that_sasuke]

[He watches her for a moment before reaching out and testing to see if the wall is still there with an outstretched hand.]

[flowerclips]

[ and the wall is gone! thanks for playing today's guilt-inducing questionnaire. please come again. ]