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Monika was still shaking slightly. Her mind was most definitely not in the present any more, all she could hear was his voice. It was like shell shock, a deep ringing in her ears overlayed with his voice tormenting her and a blurring of her vision. She took her finger off the trigger of her gun, just in case. She didn't want to go shooting a teammate accidentally. But she just couldn't shake his image from her head, it clouded her every thought. She hadn't been this bad for at least a year and a half; the dreams, the flashbacks, the general bad memories. They had all mostly subsided. Could a simple change of surroundings and companions do that to her she thought?

[colour=bc8dbf]"Hey there.”...“Monika, right?"[/colour] The voice was soothing, it cut through her visions of Lucius and brought her back to reality. As the ringing and the blurring faded she spoke again. [colour=bc8dbf]"I-uh, just wanted to see how you were doing, and, ask if there was anything I could do to help.”[/colour] Everything came back to Monika. The tunnel, the collapse, the looks from the others at least she imagined the looks from the others. [colour=limegreen]"Yeah, that's the name. You're... Frankie right? I can't tell in these fucking suits."[/colour] Monika looked to the girl and through the visor she thought she could see... a smile [colour=limegreen]"I'm-I'm fine, honestly, it's nothing. Besides, now isn't really the best place to go picking my brains, is it?[/colour] 

The scouts came back in a panic and cut their conversation short [colour=limegreen]"Something coming eh? I suggest you get behind me. We can't risk you getting killed this early.[/colour] Monika said as she ushered Frankie behind her with her arm and brought her rifle to the ready.