[ The jungle has been a nightmare. Gou lives on the sidelines, shouting praise and devising devilish training schedules to keep her club members in line, but she's never been the one in front, leading the charge. She can't even swim, let alone walk through a tangled jungle with grace and skill.
In another time, she might take joy in the fact that someone else was faring just as poorly as she was out in the jungle, but there are bigger things to worry about and emotions don't hinge on someone else's suffering. Besides, this is Makoto. She still feels residual guilt for pushing him to go to the ocean when he feared it so, and she still remembers the way he smiles at cats, and kids, and his goals.
It's impossible to find joy in Makoto's suffering.
Gou's mostly glad she's finally - finally! - found someone familiar. And she's going to make sure he's okay, even if okay is very loosely defined.
She flicks one of the bugs away as it lands on her arm, unconcerned with harming the creature and staring up at Makoto with fierce determination in her eyes. ]
I'll be fine. Eat.
[ And the bar gets shoved his way once again and the movement sends a couple of the bugs fleeing. Good.
Her hair is tangled thanks to the bugs and falls over her eyes when she shakes her head, and she has to push it out of her face with one hand so she can peer up at him again. ]
You're the first person I've found. Have you seen anyone else?
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In another time, she might take joy in the fact that someone else was faring just as poorly as she was out in the jungle, but there are bigger things to worry about and emotions don't hinge on someone else's suffering. Besides, this is Makoto. She still feels residual guilt for pushing him to go to the ocean when he feared it so, and she still remembers the way he smiles at cats, and kids, and his goals.
It's impossible to find joy in Makoto's suffering.
Gou's mostly glad she's finally - finally! - found someone familiar. And she's going to make sure he's okay, even if okay is very loosely defined.
She flicks one of the bugs away as it lands on her arm, unconcerned with harming the creature and staring up at Makoto with fierce determination in her eyes. ]
I'll be fine. Eat.
[ And the bar gets shoved his way once again and the movement sends a couple of the bugs fleeing. Good.
Her hair is tangled thanks to the bugs and falls over her eyes when she shakes her head, and she has to push it out of her face with one hand so she can peer up at him again. ]
You're the first person I've found. Have you seen anyone else?