Her paranoia of annoyance built up . her naivety got them muddled up in this mess , of course, it was her fault . how could she not dwell on it ?❛ don’t you want to scold me ? for being so naive ? for being WEAK?❜ a final lash of everlasting guilt bore her head , weighing her shoulders , manifested within the clear frustration of her voice . the weak dies , the strong survives .
❛ if i wasn’t naive or weak , we wouldn’t be in this mess .we would have more times like we did on tanabata…❜ she continues to break through this silence with her voice until she was ordered to shut up by the guards . the ones that used to be her comrades. the ones lead by the man of this whole mess itself . again she curls up into a ball at the side of the cage . the touch of the conductor , it had pure kindness in it . she just didn’t understand .throat aches with blame , it slowly stranggles her with blocked cries . her eyes swell up with tears in that shrouded darkness between her arms and legs ; the spot where her face was hidden in .
❛ i’ll find a way to get us out . i’ll take care of this .❜ alone.
█┆❜ ♛; Yukina grew solemn, listening gravely to the sputtering lamentations that ushered her towards the inevitable notion of what she would come to face: Mumei’s wretched demeanor. It catalyzed a grimace that ingested the engineer’s pacified countenance as the tilt of her brows corrugated sympathetically.
...⠀Don’t you want to scold me?
A pensive silence nestled within the folds of the darkness, fleeting moments drawing by before Yukina’s voice finally shook it free. ❝ I am in no position to do such thing, Mumei. ❞ She affirmed tenaciously, receding her calloused palm from the crest of her companion’s head. Their present calamity may be an ensuing repercussion that is to rightfully be held accountable for the younger of the two, but Yukina still cannot locate any awakening vexation that should’ve otherwise been engendered within her. Instead, she felt rather clement towards the whole ordeal ━- heeding the fact that Mumei has been pitted into that mentality; she was merely acting out defiantly.
❝ Now, I am under no illusions. ❞ The reticent conductor drew a steadying breath. As the turbulent world once more eased into a palpable clarity, so too, did her thoughts. ❝I’m not going to pretend that this predicament will so easily rectified.❞ She swiveled her skull, tilting in an endeavor to capture the cornered girl in her line of perception. Her serpentine eyes fostered an anguish that no amount of impassivity could suppress.
❝ But if there is one thing that I can ascertain, Mumei, it is that I refuse to give up here. ❞ The engineer further foisted the kabaneri’s guarded vicinity, imploring for her obscured eyes. Though this time around, Yukina appeared more assiduous than she previously did ━- perhaps in recompense for having subjected Mumei to her earlier earlier aversions. ❝ We may be weak, but it doesn’t mean that this has to be the end for us. ❞ She intrepidly professed, finally ensnaring the younger’s splaying palms in the proficient grasp of a supple, resolute hands.
