All's well that ends well

[thecastle]

[ So you've wished the dead back to life, but there's still 2 wishes you have to make. Ultimately what happens from here is entirely in your hands, but for the first time in eight weeks everyone is alive and whole again (even that pesky merman). There is that corruption you should deal with, but surely you know what to do about that.

Once you've settled and wound down a bit, maybe you should relax a bit before going your separate ways. You've earned it.

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[gyakusatsu]

[...Okay so this gets more than a few seconds of staring.]

Hiyono-cha -- [A beat.] Yuzaki-san.

[It's more a question than a greeting really.]

[pseudoregelia]

[And here, she plants her hands on her hips, leaning forward a bit.]

After all we've been through together, we're back to speaking formally to each other?

[How you hurt her, Misora!]

[gyakusatsu]

[There's a vague smile at that.]

Well... I was trying to be polite all things considered.

[Read: you are not a tiny teen anymore, uhm?? But really, it's a mark of respect that she hasn't asked the very obvious question of why Hiyono lied all this time.]

[pseudoregelia]

At this point, I don't think it really matters anymore.

[And she laughs a bit at the thought. Still, she's no slouch when it comes to her job, and reading people comes with the territory.]

You can ask me whatever you'd like, by the way. I think of everyone here, I owe it most to you to be honest.

[gyakusatsu]

[Well.. Hiyono's got a point there and Misora does smile back in earnest.]

I suppose I can't argue that.

[A beat.]

I think I can understand why you pretended to be much younger than you really are all this time without hearing an explanation, but still... I'd like to know something for myself. Did you think I would turn against you if I found out sooner?

[pseudoregelia]

...No, not really.

[And she says as much with a fond look.]

But I had to protect Ayumu - as well as myself. [Though it's clear from that order just what priority their lives placed.] I couldn't risk letting anyone know our secret. If any of you had started acting differently around me, others I didn't trust might have noticed.