[Alice nods in response, almost frantically. Truth be told, getting her to release Rikka right then and there would have probably taken the jaws of life, or at least something with Cure level strength.
Yes, if she protected Rikka from harm, it would protect Mana as well... Rikka was the one this world had sunk its horrible curse into before, she was the one in the most danger, and no amount of rationally explaining to her now would convince her it wasn't all but assured to happen again.]
Y- yes, if I... if I could...
[She shudders a bit. She still is trying to remember why she came there in the first place, or what was even going on with her. Whatever it was, she couldn't voice it to Rikka, but the fact she couldn't was rapidly slipping away. She just knew what she had to do and...]
I'm- I'm really scared, Rikka-chan...
[She says that last part in a shaky voice, clearly on the verge of a sob. It is true, as well. Regardless of anything else, it's probably the most untainted thing she's said since knocking on Rikka's door.]
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Yes, if she protected Rikka from harm, it would protect Mana as well... Rikka was the one this world had sunk its horrible curse into before, she was the one in the most danger, and no amount of rationally explaining to her now would convince her it wasn't all but assured to happen again.]
Y- yes, if I... if I could...
[She shudders a bit. She still is trying to remember why she came there in the first place, or what was even going on with her. Whatever it was, she couldn't voice it to Rikka, but the fact she couldn't was rapidly slipping away. She just knew what she had to do and...]
I'm- I'm really scared, Rikka-chan...
[She says that last part in a shaky voice, clearly on the verge of a sob. It is true, as well. Regardless of anything else, it's probably the most untainted thing she's said since knocking on Rikka's door.]