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It's awkward, returning to her place beside Vivienne. That he welcomes her presence here, despite this nagging feeling that he shouldn't.[break][break]

"I should have come sooner," she sighs out, and her head lowers along with her tenor. "But with the Barrier, and everything back home, I..."[break][break]

The thought trails off, and Vivienne's voice sneers back at her: God Issy, grow a backbone. Is that all you know how to do? Make bullshit excuses for yourself?[break][break]

What worthwhile excuse can she give? Fear, ultimately, has held her back.[break][break]

"I don't know why I didn't expect you to be here," Isolde admits at last, and this time, she's the one who feels like her words come out foolish. Her hair falls over her eyes in a curtain of white, and she doesn't brush it away. Facing him is hard enough as it is. "You always seemed so busy, I suppose? I never know what you're doing anymore."[break][break]

His compliment takes her aback. Does she look well? She doesn't feel it. She wonders if he's trying to sound kind. He's always been kind to her, at least. And to Vi.[break][break]

She steals a glance in the mirror across the room, and the woman who looks back at her is pale and wan, as if she has hidden from all sunlight for days. In a sense, she supposes she has.[break][break]

"I think they told you, didn't they? They diagnosed me with retrograde amnesia. Everything before and just after the incident is still... blank, really."[break][break]

The details blur into one another, smearing like paint. There are no shapes forming, but the emotions the colours invoke remain: guilt, shame, and a sense of ownership over the calamity that came after.[break][break]

That puzzle dizzies and disorients her the more she tries to make sense of it.[break][break]

"I've transferred to Slateport University, actually. The art program there is really nice."

It's a valiant attempt to salvage the conversation into something better. Something happier.

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She is a statue frozen in place as he speaks her name, afraid to turn and see the voice's owner.[break][break]

What he must think of her. What Vivienne must think of her.[break][break]

Isolde's lips press together tightly, before she forces them to crease into a smile. She lifts her head to view him at last, blue eyes meeting amber.[break][break]

How long has it been since she's seen Vi's brother? She remembers so little of those final days.[break][break]

Hands cease in their wringing, becoming pleasant and still. Her voice seeks to match that serenity.[break][break]

"Shay? I didn't know you were in Hoenn."[break][break]

She is practised at this, putting others at ease: pushing down the fluttering of her own uncertainty in order to make others comfortable.[break][break]

His probing question echoes uncomfortably, and her smile strains beneath its weight.[break][break]

"Oh. I'm... well, I'm visiting Vi."[break][break]

Is that okay? her eyes plead with him. Already she begins to raise herself from her seat, anticipating being asked to leave.

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She should not be here.[break][break]

Fragrant white roses flower at the patient's bedside, their delicate aroma cloying the longer Isolde lingers here. A Chatot sits on the bedside table, twittering sweetly to fill whatever silence falls between them.[break][break]

It is easy to lapse into silence, when having a conversation with a comatose person.[break][break]

"I'm sorry it took me so long to arrive," is her pathetic introduction. Hands wring themselves in her lap, anxious and uncertain. The clock ticks, precious seconds of visiting hours lost to hesitation. "With everything in Galar, I... It took me awhile, to convince my parents I could leave."[break][break]

A worthless excuse, she can already hear Vi saying. How long will you do what those people want you to do, Issy?[break][break]

The white-haired woman clears her throat and shakes her head of doubts, attempting a more cheerful air. Visitors should brighten the spirits of patients; there's no reason for her to wallow, when she is not the one who was bedridden.[break][break]

She owes Vivienne that much.[break][break]

"It's the New Year, at least. A time for new resolutions. Did I tell you that Slateport University accepted my transfer here? I will be a bit slower completing the degree, but um, I think my art portfolio will be better for it."[break][break]

An unfinished portrait hidden in the back of her closet flashes into her mind, then abruptly fades out.[break][break]

"I'm dedicating it to you, you know. My final exhibit."[break][break]

How false does she sound? How much can something like this matter, given the way things have changed? What is a few paintings, a few useless sketches, when compared to a ruined region and someone trapped in the prison of her own mind?[break][break]

They are truly alone here. There is no reason to feign anything between them.[break][break]

All the levity seeps out from her voice at last, hushing.[break][break]

"I wish I could remember what happened. Why it happened the way it did. You have no idea, Vi."[break][break]

Tears threaten at the corners of her eyes, and her Chatot wings over to nuzzle her cheek, feathers catching them before they can fall.

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