though nerves may pinch at her, ana lets none of it get to her as she strolls into the store bright as ever. time may have pulled them apart but she pretends as though nothing's changed. pretends as though there's no rift between them.[break][break]

but, clearly, there is. how could there not be?[break][break]

"daphne! oh, i've missed you."[break][break]

hug? ana certainly tries to.[break][break]

"you look...well! i think. are you?"

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the train of thought is short lived, and her lips curl into a small smile with the image of a familiar, platinum-haired woman walking her way. "ana~" she chimes, the rare raise of her lips and her eyes are more prominent as she opens her arms to return the hug. yes, ana. her precious little sister. [break][break]

when she pulls back, slightly, her brows are furrowed, and the smile is slightly more anxious. "i'm alright, alright. perhaps.. a little anxious" she raises a hand to her lips, letting out a quick chuckle "it's not every day i get to spend time with family" or spend her time, in general, nowadays.

ANA STONE

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"anxious?"[break][break]

a stone being anxious? surely not. but daphne has always been the more empathetic one out of them all. it's that fact that has ana reaching up to hold her sister's face in her hand.[break][break]

"we'll change that soon. we have to stick together now more than ever, don't we?"

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she was always a little more sensitive than her siblings, be it for better or for worse. she doesn't know how to feel when her younger sister reaches up to cup her face in her hands, but the frosty exterior always finds a way to melt in a sibling's presence (even if she was never as close to the others as she'd like to be). [break][break]

"thank you, ana~" she chimes, and there's no other way. especially when her younger sister decided to pick up the mantle and work hard whilst daphne was gone. [break][break]

now she takes the woman's hands to lower, only maintaining a hold on one as she turns around, smiling softly, pointing into the mall. ".. shall we, then? my store isn't too far from where we are." it'd be fun to dress up. [break][break]

"you can tell me what you've been up to while we walk~"

ANA STONE

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"let's."[break][break]

and so, they start their walk.[break][break]

"i've not been up to much, honestly! just busy with rotomtv and now devon. boring, boring, boring."[break][break]

she muses, then tilts her head to look at her sister.[break][break]

"i want to hear about you, daph."

[attr="class","ooc"]DAPHNE STONE[break]

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