Week 4, Friday: Reaper Detectives -1

[withsadness]

[So, here they are at Worth Every Penne. It's only the right thing to do after today's discovery. Mary isn't in a very talkative mood and she doubts the rest of them are, especially Alex or Izaya...but they need to. Because they have a job. She stares down at her plate with her hands twisting up a napkin, hair covering her face. She speaks, but it's almost to herself.]

I didn't think it would take this long, but because it did...I thought we'd all make it.

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[bladeisme]

...I know.

[His voice is soft, and he kneels down to be eye level with her, just like he always does.]

Even if we had to separate, we'd still be together. We're not pitted against each other - we have a goal now, right? Both sides of us. So in that way...it would be less like we're parting, and more like...we're gaining two more people to be together with.

[He gently taps his chest for a moment.]

And even now...you, me, Alex, Izaya....we've made a bond with Jacopo - a heart - that stays no matter what, even if he's gone. Because he left that bond - that heart - with us. With you.

So...you're not alone, Mary. You'll never be alone, I promise. Because our hearts are always with you, no matter what.

[withsadness]

One big heart?

[She wonders if she, a creature without a heart, can really stake a claim in something like that.]

I know you'd never break a promise on purpose, Ichigo.

[bladeisme]

Yeah. One big heart.

[If she told him, he'd say yes - he's been friends with hollows, after all. Just because she's something that wasn't human to begin doesn't mean she can't form bonds with people.]

So...We're not abandoning you. We can't, you know? Because we're all with you, in you and your memories of us.