[HE JUST KIND OF looks like he zones out for a second, his gaze becoming a little distant and drifting to some point over Shadowheart's shoulder. But it doesn't last very long.]
I don't know why that was the case, or how it could have been.
[There is something about this that he seems to deeply and instinctively reel away from, to the point that he rises to stand, though his hands stay clasped together.]
[she swallows again. she knows this terror too well to be fully comfortable with it. the horrors of the things that might have been done to you, that you might have done, in the cracks in your knowledge about yourself. she curls her hands in her lap.]
I know you would never want to harm your students.
[He does seem to ease at that, at least. Most of his outward-manifesting tension is pretty mild regardless, so it's really only visible in the slight slope of his shoulders and the way his folded hands lower just a bit.]
[There's a thin flicker of a hesitant smile, because he logically understands how the affliction works, but just can't apply it to himself. Not when it comes to Yves - never Yves.]
Of course. I'm certain that I will, and I'll be sure to write back as soon as I know it so that you all may rest at ease.
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What happened?
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I'm afraid I can only answer so much. I don't know what happened to Yves.
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[frown...]
You found him?
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...I must have... gotten his rapier earlier. We did spend our time together that night, when we were all locked down.
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Can you tell me what did happen, and why? I want to understand.
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...If I didn't act quickly... I worry for what might have become of them. So I went to find them before they could be found by another.
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Not someone... The source behind it all.
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[A nod! He does remember that as a thing that definitely happened.]
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[Amen!]
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I see. But for Yves, you were seeking him out, wanting to find him before anyone else hurt him, but you don't recall finding him?
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No, I don't. I know that he was there with me when the barrier appeared... But after that, I had found Saber.
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I don't know why that was the case, or how it could have been.
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...I'm not pushing because I want to be cruel. But you have to look at it, Lucas. Eventually, you have to look at it, or it will always haunt you.
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...I would not do harm to my students.
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I know you would never want to harm your students.
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...Yes. And so I never would.
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[or maybe anywhere, for him.]
But I hope you'll find out what happened to him, and let us know.
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Of course. I'm certain that I will, and I'll be sure to write back as soon as I know it so that you all may rest at ease.
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I'm sorry that this happened to you. You didn't deserve this.
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