When Zenmaru decidedly explained to Larel what Sybil was talking about, Mera put her hand on her face, trying to pretend the conversation that followed wasn't happening. She looked over at Alari, raising a brow at his comment on humor. She frowned as she saw those emotions and gently put her hand on his arm, "There's no need to apologize," she said lowly, "I'm... I'm sorry there wasn't a way to fix.... this," she murmured, really wishing that things had gone a different route. She looked over at her sister, her brows drawing down and looked between Hotaru and Larel. This whole thing was just a giant mess and it didn't leave anyone unscathed. She realized her hand was still lingering and slowly brought it back in case that was too much for him or if Zenmaru had something to say about it, to them or to Larel.
"Well this is entertaining," Sybil smirked seeing what all was happening, "I can't recall, is this the first time the two of us," she looked at Zenmaru, "Have had a cordial conversation?"

Hotaru shuddered as his hand touched her shoulder, and she actually turned her head to look at him as he spoke, looking at him neck. 
"Careful," Mary said quietly, "This is her subconscious and while we need to get her to accept you're fine, we're also going to be getting some of her actual emotions that she's kept hidden too," she murmured.
"Larel...." she murmured, lightly reaching up and touching his face, verifying he was really there, her shaking hand moving down to touch his neck, to feel that it was whole, that none of this was a visual trick. Then her eyes started to well up and she put her hands to her face, "I thought... I thought I'd lost someone else... that mattered to me," she whispered, "That I held so dear."
"Like her parents," Mary murmured, seeing the glimpse of them as she mentioned it.
Hotaru turned and hugged on to Larel, "After you tracked me down.... said all that about us being friends... to see that happen to you, all I could think was wanting them to suffer, to see them be destroyed," she murmured, "I couldn't stand to lose you," she said and then she pulled back realizing she was spilling out a lot more than she needed to, "S-s-s-sorry, I-I didn't mean to. To hug you either, I know that was weird," she shook her head.
"You need to wake up now," Mary said, "Sybil's controlling your body."
"I, uh... how do I do that?"