Catch-all: Kainé

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[ercnerd]

Yeah. And it's mostly the same for the other three.

But landing in the water didn't kill us. We made it to shore by swimming. From there, we reached a cathedral on the other side of a jungle.

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And then?

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We faced off against illusions of people we know. After that, we met the owner of the voice, who dropped off some papers.

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[ She feels like he's making this seem simpler than it is for all the injuries they sustained and for how mad people looked coming out of there. ]

Is that all?

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That's all.

[He watches her for a moment, considering.]

. . . But there were several hiccups along the way. That place didn't follow the typical rules of life and death.

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[ Oh, she's a little surprised because she would have accepted him not saying more. They're not close. ]

I heard that you died and came back to life a stupid fucking amount.

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[She tried to kill Principal Bear. She can have this knowledge.]

It wasn't that many . . . But it's more than most people would be used to.

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But not for you?

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I used to have an invincible body. Death was never permanent for me.

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[ She doesn't have an invincible or immortal body, but she's suffered enough wounds she should have died from and came back, not always of her own volition. ]

... I get that, a little. It's tiring.

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[Tiring is a word for it.]

Hahaha. That's why I try to avoid getting hit in the first place.

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[ stares bleakly into the future

anyway, ]

That's not always easy to do.

[ The number of times some kind of weapon finds its way piercing Kainé is too many. ]

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Then those are the times when you just have to take it.

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Yeah, like a spear through your abdomen.

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Did that happen to you?

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[ She waves a hand dismissively, like, eh, it's whatever.

So yeah. ]

[ercnerd]

. . . You must have a resilient body, surviving a blow like that.