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[teaserving]

It isn't stupid. Hell, I'd be way more worried if you were indifferent.

[He wraps his arm around her protectively, as if somehow that could shield her away from the fact that she just received a box of bones that was her father.]

So we got a few options. I can dispose of the box and you won't have to know where or what I did, if that makes it easier for you. You can come with me instead.

Or... well. We can hold a service, if you want. Get some closure.

[freshprints]

...That sounds terrible. I don't want to have to — that's not my father. It's calcium and proteins and...carbon. It's inanimate things. I don't want to give it any more...meaning than that.

[It's a little hard to make out what she's saying, with her face mashed against him, but even muffled the intent behind her words mostly comes through.]

It's just a box with pieces of a corpse in it. Don't make me think about it any harder than that.

[teaserving]

Hey, you got it. I'm gonna deal with it, then.

[There's a pause, then he gently pets her hair.]

After I take care of it, you should come over. Tell me more about this brat you wanted to punch and all that.

[freshprints]

I don't want to know where you put it — no, wait. No. Then I won't like not knowing, and I'll try to figure it out for myself.

[She sighs, a little disgusted with herself.]

Tell Noriaki Kakyoin. He deals with my habit of interrogation well. Just tell him it's a box with gift wrap. He'll know what you mean.

[teaserving]

That guy, huh. All right.

[Abbacchio gives her one last squeeze with his arm.]

I'm gonna go take it now, and I'll message Kakyoin to give the location. You need me to do anything else?

[freshprints]

He's. ...More like me than any person I've ever met.

[But she stands there a minute, thinking it over; her thoughts feel more sluggish than usual, and that bothers her.]

Give me something to do. Instructions. To keep me busy until you're done. So I can just do, and not think.

[teaserving]

Huh, all right. Here's a challenge for you, then.

[Digging into his pockets, he pulls out a container of black nail polish, holding it out.]

Paint your nails, but make sure you don't accidentally paint your skin. If you do, you gotta start that nail all over again.

That means your toes too, kid. Got it?

[freshprints]

[It's such a small thing. Ridiculous. Nonsensical. Except that it's a task to focus all of her attention on, and one difficult enough and particular enough that she'll have to devote all of her concentration to achieving it, and it's exactly what she needs right now.

It's like a weight of tension visibly leaves her, making her deflate as she takes the bottle with gratitude. Ruefully, she waggles her glove-covered hand at him.]

...All right. It's going to take me a while to finish.

[The emotion laced through her words is relief.]

I'll go sit in the light and take care of it.

[teaserving]

Atta girl.

I'll be back when I'm all done.

[He leans in, pressing their foreheads together for a moment. Since day one of their arrival to this crazy rock-alien planet, he made a promise.

And by god, he's going to keep it.

Leaving her to the polish, Abbacchio goes for the box. After it's done, he'll make sure to message Kakyoin.

For now, his focus is on her.]