[ Her tone's low, tense. This shit's getting to her, and she refuses. ] I warned them. [ A pause. It almost seems like that's where it's ending. But then she switches to video, and it shows a crude map of the town that she's sketched, with a darkened X on a building on the south end a good distance from the general population. ] I'll be here if you need me.
[ And before he can ask questions: ] Don't. Save your concern for the ones who're losing their minds. [ And the call cuts. She was letting you know, not opening up a discussion. ]
[ Clearly, there would be no point in responding. Lightning is the kind of woman who when she's made up her mind, no one had any hope of changing it. That much he knows. So rather than try to convince her otherwise, he silently wishes that she'll take care of herself while she's gone before tucking his communicator back in his pocket. ]
voice -- incoming call rather than voicemail, DEAL WITH IT
[ Yeah, you have definitely heard Lightning in better moods. Right now, she sounds some terrible mix of furious and frustrated and distressed and at loss. At loss for what to do, for how to fix anything. ]
voice, backdated to sunday night
[ And before he can ask questions: ] Don't. Save your concern for the ones who're losing their minds. [ And the call cuts. She was letting you know, not opening up a discussion. ]
not here
voice -- incoming call rather than voicemail, DEAL WITH IT
Leon, he got Claire!
can't deal B(
[ Or rather, her body. He's trying to remain calm, but the anger is rising in his voice by the second. ]
crai moar
[ Just follow the eerie calm, the creep on the back of your neck. That's what Light did. ]
FINE I WILL
[ After a beat. ]
You holding up alright?
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