[Chihaya nods, still holding him but not as tight. She doesn't feel that strange mind control affecting her again, not yet, because the more Akira talks the calmer she feels. How is he so good at this? She's always known there was something special about him, heavily suspected that he is with the Phantom Thieves of Hearts- is that what this is?
Perhaps whatever it is that makes a Phantom Thief a Phantom Thief, it allows him to speak directly to the heart of a person. Perhaps it is just the magnetism of a man who can't help but care for everyone around him. Perhaps it is that Trickster power, the Fool, who boldly walks to the precipice and to the greater journey beyond as they gaze at the stars.
And it strikes her as odd that so rare a feeling has been felt before. Like lightning, the power of the sky and earth coming together in a momentous clash only to return again, vibrant and violent. Twin bolts in the same storm that tears down the old to make way for the new. If Akechi is anything like Akira, if they are truly two sides of the same coin, then Chihaya can only hope that whatever journey they are bound by fate to take has them both come out safe on the other side.
She wants to do her best for Akira. Perhaps she can do the same for Akechi too.]
What is this place, Akira-san? Do you know why it's here?
[She continues to follow his lead, doing her best to ignore the ripple of brick around them as the labyrinth continues to manipulate itself. If she were in a lighter mood she would joke this was some kind of dance. As it stands she gently tugs on Akira's arm towards the right as out of the corner of her eye she can see another unwilling gap opening in the wall in the direction she was originally coming from.]
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Perhaps whatever it is that makes a Phantom Thief a Phantom Thief, it allows him to speak directly to the heart of a person. Perhaps it is just the magnetism of a man who can't help but care for everyone around him. Perhaps it is that Trickster power, the Fool, who boldly walks to the precipice and to the greater journey beyond as they gaze at the stars.
And it strikes her as odd that so rare a feeling has been felt before. Like lightning, the power of the sky and earth coming together in a momentous clash only to return again, vibrant and violent. Twin bolts in the same storm that tears down the old to make way for the new. If Akechi is anything like Akira, if they are truly two sides of the same coin, then Chihaya can only hope that whatever journey they are bound by fate to take has them both come out safe on the other side.
She wants to do her best for Akira. Perhaps she can do the same for Akechi too.]
What is this place, Akira-san? Do you know why it's here?
[She continues to follow his lead, doing her best to ignore the ripple of brick around them as the labyrinth continues to manipulate itself. If she were in a lighter mood she would joke this was some kind of dance. As it stands she gently tugs on Akira's arm towards the right as out of the corner of her eye she can see another unwilling gap opening in the wall in the direction she was originally coming from.]