69 [Accidental Video] Forwarded to early morning.

[flameandpassion]

[The PCD turns on by landing on the soft wet ground with a 'thunk'. All you see is grey skies and the distant sunrise -- and a pair of hands picking up the device with a soft huff of annoyance.]

The last thing I need is this stupid thing getting broken...

[Oh, hello, Adstringendum. Hino Rei has landed. And she looks unharmed, for the most part, save for a cut on her hand and looking somewhat tired. But what else is new, really? Sleeping isn't exactly easy to do in this place.

She purses her lips as she dusts mud off of the screen, a thumb running over the camera, which shuts it off.]

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[flameandpassion]

[Her expression softens slightly into a sigh and she uncrosses her arms to put her hands in her pockets.]

...The only way you can cope with the bad is to find the light in the good and fixate on that and work towards keeping it alive as long as you can. There's going to be days where it goes out, but you can always fight to light it again. Never give up and never accept weakness instead of moving forward on your own strength.

[Rei shrugs to herself before her lips twitch into something that could almost be a smile.]

That's what I do, anyway, and I'm just some kid. You're an angel. I'm pretty sure you can figure it out.

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[He looks at the floor briefly, and it's garish carpet, before glancing back up at Rei. He knows what she's saying makes sense, and he knows she's right, but actually doing it is so much harder than saying it. It's hard to even think positively, let alone act so.

But she's intent on this, and the least he can do is try. He knows, distantly, that he's already come a long way from the complete hopelessness of the night of Tanabata; it's not impossible, maybe, to continue to do so.]

I'll try, then.

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I have the utmost faith that you'll succeed.

[She's being completely and utterly genuine, though there is the slightest hint of teasing in her tone, before Rei jerks her head towards the hallway -- and the exit.]

C'mon. Let's go home. You can fill me in on what I've missed on the way.

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[He doesn't really brighten, but he looks just a little less forlorn at her words. Giving a small nod in agreement, he follows her out of Tower; he has a lot to tell her.]