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[color=Aquamarine][i]Help…?[/i][/color] Nyxia wondered, still not fully comprehending what she was hearing. [color=Aquamarine][i]She wants to… [b]help[/b] me…?[/i][/color] 

The Neon Tempest’s confusion only grew as Earthshaker, or rather, Roche, went on to speak of happiness, adventures, and [i]friends…[/i] Friends. In her eighteen years, Norika had never made a single friend, outside of her brother, and as Nyxia, she didn’t see the point in changing that. Indeed, the very concept of having friends was completely alien to her, so when Roche seemed to suggest that the two of [i]them[/i] be friends, her initial reaction was to harshly refuse. After all, this girl had gone so far as to steal her [i]baby…[/i] Even if Roche hadn’t known the weapon’s significant to her, why would she [i]ever[/i] want to be friends with someone who had done such a horrific thing? Why would she ever want to socialize with [i]any[/i] of these girls? Roche said that friends were something that Kaito would want her to have, but was that really true? This was probably just a trick to get her to let her guard down in preparation for further torment, yet Roche’s mention of her father gave Nyxia pause.

Was Roche dealing with the loss of someone as dear to her as Kaito had been to Nyxia herself? Did… Did Roche actually understand the pain she felt? Despite her initial feelings of annoyance towards this girl, Nyxia found herself wanting to know more about what she had gone through, as well as to find out if her kindness was indeed genuine. Not only that, but Nyxia suspected that Kaito really [i]would[/i] be happy to learn that she had finally made some friends and enjoyed happy experiences with them. Eating out, especially with strangers, was something she had never done before, but she would have been lying if she said she had never thought about what such an experience might be like.

[color=Aquamarine]“Okay, [i]fine…[/i]”[/color] The Neon Tempest muttered. [color=Aquamarine]“But this ‘free food’ better not be some cheap ass dog shit…”[/color]