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There is handholding.
And presently there are sandwiches. Isabella's bracelets pay for these too; if Serah has her own set she didn't bring them. Isabella catches Serah up with what she's been doing in the months intervening her last visit to the Eyrie, and Serah catches Isabella up right back. Serah's time has apparently been consumed with preparing with the Eyrie choir group she belongs to for the next Gloria.
And presently there are sandwiches. Isabella's bracelets pay for these too; if Serah has her own set she didn't bring them. Isabella catches Serah up with what she's been doing in the months intervening her last visit to the Eyrie, and Serah catches Isabella up right back. Serah's time has apparently been consumed with preparing with the Eyrie choir group she belongs to for the next Gloria.
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They finish their sandwiches. Serah has just remembered that she's signed up for harmonics any minute now, so Isabella takes her up the mountain first.
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Isabella's back at the sandwich shop a moment later. "Micaiah?" she calls. "Where'd you go?"
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Now she's worried. Velora's generally safe, but...
Well. She looks at her arm, and turns slowly in place, and goes in the brightest direction.
Well. She looks at her arm, and turns slowly in place, and goes in the brightest direction.
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"Okay. Back up to the Eyrie, then? Serah's harmonics start any minute now, we can sit and listen - she's got a wonderful contralto."
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She scoops him up, but while she's taking her first step forward to get to launch speed, the arm supporting his legs slips. Her grip with the other arm tightens automatically - he would not have fallen even if they'd been in the air - but he does drop enough to not-quite-sit on her thigh.
"Ow!"
"Ow!"
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She brakes and loses the lift she'd been accumulating, skidding on her boots in the street and scattering a couple of people who'd believed themselves well out of their way. She shoots them an apologetic look.
"...You told me you didn't find anything else you wanted," she says slowly.
"...You told me you didn't find anything else you wanted," she says slowly.
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She puts him down and takes his hand and marches him back to the kiosk. "Is this where you got it?" she asks him.
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"Excuse me," Isabella says to the proprietor. "My friend picked something up and neglected to pay for it. Would you rather it be returned or would you prefer to bill the Eyrie?"
The man blinks. "What was it?"
"Show him, please, Micaiah," says Isabella tightly.
The man blinks. "What was it?"
"Show him, please, Micaiah," says Isabella tightly.
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"I'll bill the Eyrie," says the kiosk operator. "Thank you, angela."
"Thank you for understanding," she replies. And, still holding Micaiah's hand, she turns back the way they came. "So. You can keep that."
"Thank you for understanding," she replies. And, still holding Micaiah's hand, she turns back the way they came. "So. You can keep that."
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Isabella covers her eyes with her hands. "What were you - no, you weren't thinking, you said. Why weren't you thinking?"