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[She blinks, and then slowly offers her hand.]

Um... Sure.

[and then he'll move to place his hand in hers, though he'll refrain from holding entirely given that they still don't know each other well

but there is still that feeling of relief that comes with it

and he laughs quietly]

Ah - there. Did you get the same sensation?

—Oh!

[Her eyes widen a bit as it turns out that it was not, in fact, the #depression.]

So that's what you meant... Yes! I think so.

[SUMI YOUR DEPRESSION]

Mm - I apologize, I thought it easier to test than explain. I was a little relieved when I saw you...

And while I'm certainly always happy to see you - the thought was a little more foreign this week.

[HER DEPRESSION!!]

It's alright. I understand what you mean. It's a little more, ah... intense than it would be for a casual acquaintance, isn't it?

So it is.... though perhaps we can remedy that?

[he tilts his head, examining the room before looking back to her]

Care to share in a memory with me?

Oh, you mean... using this?

[The VR technolofy.]

[he nods!]

I've seen others use it before - though I've yet to try it myself. I'd like to, though!

I don't understand the technology myself. But it claims to picks up on your—

[She's halfway through that sentence before the VR room shifts, and they both find themselves aboard a train. Not that, uh, Soo-won will recognize it as such.]

—thoughts? [Her voice pitches up, startled.] That was faster than I expected.

[oh

yeah he has no idea where he is but his expression does light up a little regardless]

Then this is someplace that you're familiar with? Where is it? [a beat] What is it...?

Yes! It's a train. I think...

[She looks around a little bit, as if looking for something in particular. Once she spots it, though, she smiles.]

We must be on the Ginza Line. [Context, for his benefit:] Um, this is how I travel to school on most days.

[a train!! like the railroad station!!! finally he seems like he even vaguely understands]

Oh! How fun. It seems to be moving very quickly.

[and he sounds like he's genuinely happy to be learning about this new thing]

Do you enjoy your schooling?

[Go get that knowledge, Soo-Won! Yoshizawa will gesture towards one of the seats. Want to sit down, buddy?]

I do. Admittedly, it's been... a difficult year, but I made some great friends. So I can't say it's been too bad.

[he'll move to join her!! one person should not be so enthralled by a train and yet here he is]

Ah, that's good to hear.... Do you miss your friends dearly now that you're here?

[Trains are cool so he is valid.]

Mhm, I do. I had to say goodbye to one of them recently, but... I wish I could at least send them a message. Everyone was always a call or a text away until now.

Ah.... those are - modern equivalents of letters, I'm going to guess?

[he's ye olde but at least he's quick on the uptake]

... we'll have to return you to them as soon as possible then. Even if they can't quite tell given the way that they claim time has frozen... I'm sure they missed you too.

Mhm, that's right.

[... She smiles at him.]

The same goes for you as well, Soo-won-san. We have to return you to the people you love as quickly as possible, too.

So we do... I'd like to go back home - but I also can't deny that I enjoy getting a chance to meet all of you, too.

[he hums thoughtfully]

Shall I bring you somewhere then? If I may?

Oh, no. Don't misunderstand. I don't regret having the opportunity to meet any of you at all.

[As horrible as everything else has been, otherwise.]

Go ahead. I'd love to see something from your world.

Then how about...

[it takes a moment - before the virtual reality room shifts then to a rather beautiful garden. the seats that they're sitting in turn into a gazebo. ancient fantasy korea architecture is fine. all around them there are cobble paths to a rather large compound, and he offers up a smile]

Here. My mother's villa.

[Oh... She gasps when their surroundings change, taking everything in with wide eyes. Damn, Soo-won. She took you to the gross subway and you bring her here.]

... It's beautiful.

[that manages to make him smile then, and he'll offer his hand out to her, palm up]

It is.

Shall we take a walk? I haven't had a chance to visit her lately, but I believe everything should manifest as it did when I was a child.

[She takes the hand that's offered to her, smiling.]

Yes. I would like that, Soo-won-san.

Then let's go.

[and he'll lead her out of the gazebo - ]

My mother's health is a bit fragile - but the gazebo is her favorite spot. She would look on at all the flowers, and give me little warnings that I was talking too much even as a child.

[but he seems fond, happy anyway.]

We moved here for her health, away from the capitol... but even though it's away from the city, all I remember is a lot of laughter and learning in these walls.

[Ah...]

She has wonderful taste. [Assuming, of course, that he hasn't lost her.] This place feels so peaceful. It's lovely.

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