Hansa; Catch-all

[misstrust]

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[misstrust]

... Come again?

[ Dorothy says this a bit blankly and even when he asks and her face falls a bit, that confusion is still very much written all over it.

But still, she does her best to answer, glancing down a bit ruefully at her leg.

It's in a splint. The bandages covering her abdomen are hidden from view and the friction burn around her neck is also obscured by the blanket she's wrapped herself in. Honestly, she thinks, he's asked a valid question. ]

... Just resting!

[ It's not a lie. ]

[robopriest]

I said what I said.

[:)]

[He follows his gaze down to her leg, his own face falling. Yikes. Dorothy, what in the world did you get into...?]

From...what, exactly? What happened to you?

[misstrust]

[ SHENANIGANS. ]

I nearly died, then I actually died, then I may have nearly died again.

[ He is not the only master of being mysterious!!

Though she then adds, quietly-- ]

Perhaps we ought to talk?

[robopriest]

Oh. [A beat.] Sounds like a load of fun.

[His tone is very dry as he walks over to sit down, crosslegged, near her. Treasure follows, slumping against Hansa's side.]

Sure. Talk away. I'm...still trying to piece together my thoughts about what I went through, myself.

[misstrust]

That makes two of us.

[ But she smiles at them both, careful to shake her head to avoid triggering another bout of lightheadedness. ]

Taako, Miss Yoshizawa, Rufus and I found ourselves across the bridge earlier today. We took two different paths at the beginning, but it seems they both resulted in ending at a school for graduation.

[robopriest]

A school? And you were graduating?

[Ah. Graduation, huh......something twitches in his expression, but he keeps lightly smiling.]

I guess that hit a littler closer to home than for the rest, huh?

[misstrust]

Not... in the way you might expect. The emphasis seemed to be more about faith.

Sermons included.

[ She's tired. ]

[robopriest]

Faith?

[That makes him raise an eyebrow.]

What, was it like Catholic school?

[misstrust]

With an actual church in the beginning, yes. Then it was a series of classrooms. Rufus and I had to talk about faith and gods and forgiveness.

[ Yep. Poor Rufus had to answer questions. ]

[robopriest]

[Wow! This would be a really interesting thing if Hansa was a priest [MEMORY NOT FOUND]!]

...I'm guessing Rufus didn't have a good time with that.

[misstrust]

I couldn't presume to speak for him.

[ So no, he did not have a good time.

ALSO WHY DO YOU FORGET THIS WEEK WHEN SHE WANTS TO KNOW IF PRIESTS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ALARMING. ]

[robopriest]

[Looks at Fate/. Haha....priests....]

And you? You don't sound all that enthused.

[misstrust]

... [ Dorothy's gaze grows darker. ]

Faith in anything besides myself has never gotten me anywhere.

[robopriest]

...

Did you come from a religious family, Dorothy? Or were involved with it before?

[misstrust]

No, not quite. I suppose I did my nightly prayers when I was younger, before things changed.

[ And then she'd had to look after herself. ]

[robopriest]

[A raise of the eyebrow.]

What things?

[misstrust]

My father lost his hand and turned to drinking and abuse. My mother left us both.

[ she says it very flatly. ]

[robopriest]

...I'm sorry. That's horrible.

[Dorothy...]

[misstrust]

[ She smiles, a little humorlessly. ]

I just don't think prayers or reaching out for help accomplished much. So I didn't give them the answers they wanted.