[ neither of them would be able to handle this alone – he doesn't think, anyway – if only for the fact that they've relied on one another so heavily over the past years. he looks after her, she looks after him, and that's just how they operate. he doesn't know any other way to be.

he gives her a light squeeze at her next words. you have no idea how much that means to him, escha. ] We start at the beginning, of course. [ of course! where else is there to start~? ] There's a pretty good chance that we might be able to find something out if we explore where we woke up. Like the other rooms, or something.

[ and you can bet that he's now more used to exploration than he ever was before all of this happened. ]

What do you say? Up for it?