"Ha-- hahaha," Hamuko laughed, breathy and a little airy.
She'd been keeping a focus - her hand was now against the flat of Thanatos' jaw-mask, ignoring the trickle of blood from her fingers down the metal, and the more she stood and breathed to slow her heart, the more Thanatos settled down. She felt a little smothered, like a tiger was laying on her shoulders...
In a way, she felt affection here, too. Was that from Ryoji? From Death as a whole? Or was she really at peace with herself, able and willing to love and protect herself despite it all?
Unfortunately she'd missed a lot of Maruki's gawking, whatever the feeling Death gave him happened to be. So she really only caught that last question.
"Well. You could open it and see? If they're not sealed shut," she laughed, finally opening her eyes to look at him. Thanatos' head turned to look in sync with her. "In the Dark Hour, coffins held the people that weren't exposed to the Dark Hour or Shadows yet... they safely slept in there until it passed. Or maybe there's the bodies of people I know in there? My mom and brother had blue hair, and my dad had the same auburn as me. Or, you know, maybe there's nothing."
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She'd been keeping a focus - her hand was now against the flat of Thanatos' jaw-mask, ignoring the trickle of blood from her fingers down the metal, and the more she stood and breathed to slow her heart, the more Thanatos settled down. She felt a little smothered, like a tiger was laying on her shoulders...
In a way, she felt affection here, too. Was that from Ryoji? From Death as a whole? Or was she really at peace with herself, able and willing to love and protect herself despite it all?
Unfortunately she'd missed a lot of Maruki's gawking, whatever the feeling Death gave him happened to be. So she really only caught that last question.
"Well. You could open it and see? If they're not sealed shut," she laughed, finally opening her eyes to look at him. Thanatos' head turned to look in sync with her. "In the Dark Hour, coffins held the people that weren't exposed to the Dark Hour or Shadows yet... they safely slept in there until it passed. Or maybe there's the bodies of people I know in there? My mom and brother had blue hair, and my dad had the same auburn as me. Or, you know, maybe there's nothing."