[Rinrou]

James looked confused for a moment before blinking. He looked hesitantly at Laurel before looking back at Yue, shaking again. Slowly he opened his mouth and repeated what he had said.

“… Do you understand?”

“Yeah… I never even considered-“

“It’s alright, we were both played.”

“Nic, we need to go back. We need to explain everything.”

“I know… I’ve missed you, Yue.”

“… I’ve… missed you too.”

“We’ll leave tonight,”

“Okay. But what about Laurel? She’ll try to stop you.”

“I’ll deal with her. I’ve realized now… she’ll never be able to understand us. I can’t love her because she’s not one of us. She’s not in our world.”

“Do you love me?”

“I’ve always loved you.”

Laurel only made it about halfway through before her hands flew to cover her ears and she started screaming for it to stop. James finished and then cowered further behind Yue. Laurel looked like she might fall over, hands still covering her ears and her eyes squeezed shut.