[For once, Nill actually looks surprised. Her expression knits into one of concern as she looks up at Lisbeth, and she lifts her hands from her lap, reaching across the table towards her.]
[Lisbeth moves her hands away, which she'd placed at the edge of the table, tucking them into her body. She shakes her head, not looking at Nill. Should she be angry with her? Yes, she should be. In a matter of seconds, she was tearing her world down. Lisbeth thought everything would be normal as normal could be here in this reality. But no, she shouldn't be angry. Friends don't keep secrets. Jesse doesn't really love her, not as much as he says he does.
The thoughts are so overwhelming for Lisbeth that she expresses some kind of pain on her face and brings her arms closer to her. She doesn't know what to think.]
[Nill hovers there for a moment, hands extended, before sitting back in her seat again, and pulling her arms back to herself. Lisbeth is angry, and she has every right to be. Nill doesn't blame her.]
I thought you deserved to know. Jesse refused to tell you.
[Jesse left it up to Nill to tear apart Lisbeth's life, even though it was his decision to do it in the first place. She refused to apologize, though. She wouldn't apologize for telling Lisbeth that something terrible was going to happen to her world. She deserved to have a say in the matter, even if Jesse didn't listen to her.]
[What should she say to that? Thank you? Thank you for letting me know that a person I've invested my emotions in can't return them enough to stop killing themselves.]
I never thought I'd miss a world where I was hated for powers I didn't ask for simply because it's the last time I was fucking happy.
[So if Nill wasn't going to leave, then she was. Lisbeth stands from the table and makes her way to the door.]
[Nill doesn't try to say anything in her own defense; nor does she try to stop Lisbeth, or to follow after her. She lets her go without another word, because that seems like the kindest possible thing she can do for Lisbeth after this awful thing that she's done to her.
After Lisbeth is out the door, Nill's shoulders slump, and she brings her hands up to cover her face, exhaling slowly and shakily. She wants to go home. She wants to make sure Yosuke isn't doing something stupid, or that Dave is still around, or talk with Gilbert. She wants to go back to cleaning and making sure Lisbeth and Jesse eat decent meals. For the first time in years when Nill longs for a place it isn't a cramped apartment in a dying city, and the thought alone is enough to make her want to cry.
She doesn't, though. Nill waits for a few minutes before forcing herself to stand, and leaving the small cafe as well.]
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[There's something unspoken there, something that even Nill - in all her anger towards Jesse right now - can't bring herself to say outright.
Not even arguing for Lisbeth's well-being had swayed him.]
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I think you should go.
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Lisbeth...
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The thoughts are so overwhelming for Lisbeth that she expresses some kind of pain on her face and brings her arms closer to her. She doesn't know what to think.]
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I thought you deserved to know. Jesse refused to tell you.
[Jesse left it up to Nill to tear apart Lisbeth's life, even though it was his decision to do it in the first place. She refused to apologize, though. She wouldn't apologize for telling Lisbeth that something terrible was going to happen to her world. She deserved to have a say in the matter, even if Jesse didn't listen to her.]
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I never thought I'd miss a world where I was hated for powers I didn't ask for simply because it's the last time I was fucking happy.
[So if Nill wasn't going to leave, then she was. Lisbeth stands from the table and makes her way to the door.]
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After Lisbeth is out the door, Nill's shoulders slump, and she brings her hands up to cover her face, exhaling slowly and shakily. She wants to go home. She wants to make sure Yosuke isn't doing something stupid, or that Dave is still around, or talk with Gilbert. She wants to go back to cleaning and making sure Lisbeth and Jesse eat decent meals. For the first time in years when Nill longs for a place it isn't a cramped apartment in a dying city, and the thought alone is enough to make her want to cry.
She doesn't, though. Nill waits for a few minutes before forcing herself to stand, and leaving the small cafe as well.]