[ his immediate reaction is to step back, to try to get away from the punch-- but then he stops, since there's really no reason to try to dodge this
so it connects (although not as much as it would have otherwise only because i cannot retcon him having a broken nose, as much as i would like to) and he stumbles backwards.
she saw that coming, and she thinks it's deserved hence not bothering to get involved, but. yeah, she flinches. she looks back afterward and - hopes she won't have to intervene, because this really is between the two of them]
[ luckily for lili, there isn't much to intervene with. right after the hit lands, kara turns on his heel to storm back in the direction of the cabins. ]
[she glances after kara - but looks back at tsuru first.]
... Go get ice for your face. [a beat] You... were right. To tell him, even if it wasn't everything. So I'll try to handle it from here so it's not too much of a headache moving forward.
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well, was he]
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Why didn't you say something?
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[ he is pretty sure, at the very least, he would have brought it up sooner if he had lived longer in the village. but. ]
And after, I wasn't sure how to bring it up. I didn't want to do it in front of Tonbokiri or Yasusada.
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this is a time for her to
glance away]
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You couldn't have told me when we went to the citadel? Or after Yasusada brought it up?
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[ kind of like how he is now. ]
So I didn't.
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WOULDN'T HE
ASK QUESTIONS
WHAT THE FUCK, TSURUMARU
anyway he's just going to throw a punch, right at tsuru's face ]
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so it connects (although not as much as it would have otherwise only because i cannot retcon him having a broken nose, as much as i would like to) and he stumbles backwards.
... ]
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she saw that coming, and she thinks it's deserved hence not bothering to get involved, but. yeah, she flinches. she looks back afterward and - hopes she won't have to intervene, because this really is between the two of them]
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Maybe you should go after him?
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... Go get ice for your face. [a beat] You... were right. To tell him, even if it wasn't everything. So I'll try to handle it from here so it's not too much of a headache moving forward.
Thanks.
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No, thank you for taking taking care of him.
[ there's more that he wants to say, but instead he simply settles with, ]
I'll see you later then.
[ and then he dies the next day, like he should. ]