[She’s not actually sure she can promise she wouldn’t hang around, but then she’s also sure there’s not much she could see that would shock her too much anymore.
Still-] I will. [There’s not really any warnings she can give in return, unless she wants to get into extremely Dark Humor territory and tell him to keep her away from any cliffs.
…She’s not going to make that joke. Instead she slips his jacket off and sets it aside, before staring into the water. She hasn’t been comfortable with water for a bit and the water is frigid, she knows that. But there’s something in that that compels her anyway, knowing it will bring a sense of clarity and cleansing. Renewal. All the good things water was supposed to do.] …I want to see… [She mutters to herself.
She then pushes herself up and plunges into the water.
In retrospect maybe she should’ve warned Kurapika about a lack of self-preservation instinct, but it doesn’t matter. The water is cold and comforting in spite of, or maybe because of, it. It muffles sound, suspends everything in a brief, timeless moment.
She could stay under here forever, but there was someone there. The knowledge of Kurapika’s presence soothes her and is what spurs her to surface again.]
Cw: suicidal ideation
Still-] I will. [There’s not really any warnings she can give in return, unless she wants to get into extremely Dark Humor territory and tell him to keep her away from any cliffs.
…She’s not going to make that joke. Instead she slips his jacket off and sets it aside, before staring into the water. She hasn’t been comfortable with water for a bit and the water is frigid, she knows that. But there’s something in that that compels her anyway, knowing it will bring a sense of clarity and cleansing. Renewal. All the good things water was supposed to do.] …I want to see… [She mutters to herself.
She then pushes herself up and plunges into the water.
In retrospect maybe she should’ve warned Kurapika about a lack of self-preservation instinct, but it doesn’t matter. The water is cold and comforting in spite of, or maybe because of, it. It muffles sound, suspends everything in a brief, timeless moment.
She could stay under here forever, but there was someone there. The knowledge of Kurapika’s presence soothes her and is what spurs her to surface again.]