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VERA WEISZ

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From:

heiroglyphs

I don't think any kind of damage to your body could remove a piece of your soul.

[She worms a little closer.] There was just... so much happening at once, I wasn't sure what was real and what wasn't.

From:

burndownforwhat

I'm sure it was all real. [ Jen furrowed her brow. ] Though, now that you said that... I guess the question is. Was that my soul, or... is there even a difference anymore?

From:

heiroglyphs

[She knows exactly what she means. It's a question she's struggled with for at least a year by now. Are she and Weiss the same person? Is she Weiss's reincarnation? How much of her is Weiss? If Weiss keeps coming back, how much of her will be left?]

I... don't want to talk about that.

From:

burndownforwhat

Okay. Sorry. [ she genuinely was. being so tired wasn't the best of times to discuss something like this. but she'll definitely keep thinking about it because, well, how could she not at this point? ]

Thank you, though. For everything.

From:

heiroglyphs

...You don't have to thank me. I wanted to do this.

From:

burndownforwhat

Oh no. [ she reached up to poke Vera's nose. or chin, if she flinched. ] I'm going to be grateful to you, and you're just going to have to deal with it, sleepyhead.

From:

heiroglyphs

[And flinch she does, but her expression softens when Jen taps her chin.]

Fine. [She exhales through her nose.] You can find a way to pay me back for it, then.

From:

burndownforwhat

[ satisfied, she returned her hand to its place under the pillow and smiled smugly. ] For this? Just name it. I owe you, bigtime.

From:

heiroglyphs

I'll just hold on to that, I'm sure I'll need a favor at some point.

[Did that sound ominous? She didn't really mean it to.]

Does your body still feel really hot? You're not glowing anymore.

From:

burndownforwhat

[ just a little. it's Vera after all. softened edges aside she still has that sharp mind and personality far as Jen knows.

as for the question... she looks confused a moment. ] Oh! That? That wore off a while ago. Now I feel. Mm. It's a little more like how your muscles feel after a really good workout. I'm probably going to be sore as heck in the morning.

[ quite the opposite, actually. ]

From:

heiroglyphs

Mn... I feel like I just ran a marathon.

[Or at least she imagines what that's like. You'd be hard-pressed to get her near a treadmill, let alone actual distance running.]

But, um... is your skin still warmer than before?

From:

burndownforwhat

[ Jen holds back her quip on that first point. ]

Hm. You'd have to check. I can't really tell. [ it's a bit warm but not, like, feverish. like just before the point she ought to be sweating the heat off. ]

From:

heiroglyphs

...Can I?

From:

burndownforwhat

I don't see why not. Sure. [ it's not like Vera's going to do anything weird with it. right? ]

From:

heiroglyphs

[And without so much as a peep, the smaller girl squirms forward until they were touching shoulders.]

You're... still warm. I kind of have to focus to feel it, but it's definitely there.

From:

burndownforwhat

Heh. You could have just used your hand, you know. [ look Jen's amused. and it's... kind of sweet, in an odd way. ] Is it going to be a problem?

From:

heiroglyphs

[Vera's a bit of an odd girl, even if she'll bite your head off for saying so.

Looking up at the blonde, she shakes her head.]

It's... kind of comforting, in a weird way.

From:

burndownforwhat

Weird is just normal now. Didn't you get the memo?

From:

heiroglyphs

[She chuckles lightly.]

Life now is learning how to live with the weird.

From:

burndownforwhat

See? There you go.

And me. I think I can live with this level of weird easy enough. [ it would certainly be preferable to the harder stuff, that's for sure. ]