[Week 2, Saturday: Kon]

[fallbymyhands]

[Kon might not be Ichigo, but Ichigo had suffered a pretty hard blow at that trial, hadn't he? and she had seen how badly Kon had reacted to it. and so. . . she approaches him, sometime after the fire has dwindled and people have gone to bed, just to check in]

Have you had a moment to speak with your brother?

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[soulcandy]

Yeah. I tried, but...

[Well. Ichigo is Ichigo.]

It's going to take time, I think.

[fallbymyhands]

[and he knows Ichigo much better than she does]

Of course.

. . . I imagine he's in quite a bit of pain.

[they all are. but Ichigo was the only one who was effectively told that it was better for him to die, just because of Zangetsu's existence]

[soulcandy]

You have no idea. That stuff Talcott talked about at the trial? It's stuff Ichigo's been battling with for ages. He's sensitive about it, even if he covers it up a lot.

[fallbymyhands]

[she plans on talking to Ichigo himself about it, so she doesn't ask for specifics. but she does ask]

Will he be okay?

[soulcandy]

Man, I hope so. I don't know how I'm going to explain it to everyone if I take him back to our world all broken.

[Or if he doesn't come back at all.]

[fallbymyhands]

I suppose you could try honesty.

[lol yeah that'll work]

But who on Earth would believe you?