[Alice follows along with her, though it'd probably be easy to lead her about anywhere right then, at least for Rikka or Mana.
She knows she's right. Of course she is. It's Rikka. That's why she'd come to her. Rikka was the smartest person she knew. But the part of her mind who KNOWS she's right somehow feels so distant. Like her worries were being pulled out by that little, annoying voice in the back of her head...]
Y- you're...
[Right. Rikka is RIGHT. Alice had said as much herself before, hadn't she?]
You couldn't... control that before, though... What if I was wrong when I came here...? You were going to be hurt no matter what anyone did, Mana-chan would be upset no matter what anyone did...
How can we fight that?
[Or perhaps it's not so much the worry being drawn out as what she wants. What she promised. What she wanted more than anything after admitting how she felt.]
How can I fight that...? I promised you both... I have to be able to protect you, but if something happens like that... If I was there, I don't even know how I'd have done that then...!
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She knows she's right. Of course she is. It's Rikka. That's why she'd come to her. Rikka was the smartest person she knew. But the part of her mind who KNOWS she's right somehow feels so distant. Like her worries were being pulled out by that little, annoying voice in the back of her head...]
Y- you're...
[Right. Rikka is RIGHT. Alice had said as much herself before, hadn't she?]
You couldn't... control that before, though... What if I was wrong when I came here...? You were going to be hurt no matter what anyone did, Mana-chan would be upset no matter what anyone did...
How can we fight that?
[Or perhaps it's not so much the worry being drawn out as what she wants. What she promised. What she wanted more than anything after admitting how she felt.]
How can I fight that...? I promised you both... I have to be able to protect you, but if something happens like that... If I was there, I don't even know how I'd have done that then...!