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[ Today, October 4th, finds Minako being more cheerful and lively than usual, if just the slightest bit forgetful -- appearing distracted and absorbed in her thoughts when not in conversation with anyone.

From evening to midnight, to finish off the day, she's tucked herself away in a corner of the Training Center, music blasting in her ears as she evades, spins and slashes down a Grat before finishing it off with a Fire magic.

Without breaking sweat and seemingly on auto-pilot, she immediately moves away from the defeated creature to seek another one.

Bother her now? During the day, during classes? Both? Go for it o/ ]

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[ The tone of his voice, the words he carefully chose to speak -- neither of it goes over her head. She has a feeling she knows, she should know, but it's too foggy for her to grasp at the moment. ]

...Minato-kun, what do you mean by 'your senpai'?

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[Minato pauses as he wonders how to best say this.]

Last month, I dreamed the events of that night from your perspective. That's how I know things didn't happen the exact same way.

[He drops his gaze before continuing, not sure if he can say it.]

The Shinjiro-senpai of my world... will not wake up. He made it a point to leave on his own terms, even after getting shot fatally: he got back up, said some words of encouragement, and walked away... until he couldn't walk any more.

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[ She stays very still throughout his explanation. Shinjiro-senpai is dead, she thinks. Then -- Junpei, Minato-kun, Akihiko-senpai, Mitsuru-senpai... Even Ken-kun... All of them, all the members of SEES she had met here, had lost Shinjiro-senpai.

And here she was, worried over whether he would wake up.

Minako doesn't have to see Minato to know what he's feeling, how he's feeling. Without thinking so much, she closes the distance between them and wraps her arms around his neck in a hug. It's only seconds later that she wonders if it's to comfort him or comfort herself with the very thought of Shinjiro-senpai passing away. ]

I'm sorry...