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[infire]

[ she is kneeling before what may be a familiar patch of dirt, with a small pile of trampled sunflowers at her side. there's a spade and a small pack of seeds in her hands, but she'll set them down when zenitsu approaches, to be polite. ]

Good morning, Zenitsu. How are you feeling?

[swordflash]

[ coming closer, he's surprised to find that the sunflowers haven't been patched up along with the rest of the garden. his gaze lingers on the patch before lifting to brilith. ]

I'm feeling fine. Whatever Ash did, it worked wonders.

[ and because he bounced back from death with no trial to condemn him again, he's been riding on the high of having a proper life again. at the same time, he's kind of mad that his execution was so painful! what the hell, ash?

anyway. ]

Are you planting more sunflowers?

[infire]

Good. Losing one more wasn't part of anyone's plans, you know. But I didn't mean just physically.

[ if zenitsu doesn't want to talk about it, though, she won't force it out of him. brilith knows, unfortunately well, how complicated emotions can be. ]

Yes, I am. [ she turns her eyes back to the patch before her. ] I was helping Isaac take care of them, for Asch. Even if we aren't here long enough to see them bloom, I didn't want to leave them like this.

[swordflash]

[ oh. she was asking about his actual feelings? he's got a number of them, to be sure, but he won't burden brilith with them.

zenitsu closes the gap between them to look down at the patch. he ruined something that important, huh? ]

Can I help?

[infire]

[ she'll scoot over a little to give him some room. ]

Of course. Do you know much about gardening?

[swordflash]

Not really. But if you tell me what to do, I'm sure I can do it!

[ maybe. it won't be very pretty, probably, but he will do it. ]

[infire]

Alright.

[ she hands him the spade, then, and picks up the pack of seeds again. ]

First we need to dig a small hole for the seeds. I've already done a couple, see?

[swordflash]

[ ugh, labor. it's for a good cause, he tells himself as he nods and begins digging. ]

How many holes do we need?

[infire]

[ she takes another look at the seeds before answering. ]

Three, I think. It doesn't need to be that deep, just a few inches so they'll have room to grow.

[swordflash]

[ three isn't so bad. hopefully, the rest of the garden won't need this kind of treatment. he sets to work in diligent silence, then waits for brilith's next instruction. ]

[infire]

Then we need to add the seeds to each one - just a few. Too many, and there won't be space for them to grow.

[ handing him the packet of seeds now! ]

[swordflash]

[ he receives the packet with both hands, then stares at the holes before dropping a few seeds in each. ]

Do we cover them up now?

[infire]

[ nods! ]

Do that, and then we water them.

[swordflash]

All right.

[ it's not a lot of work, and this is the least he can do after wrecking the patch in the first place. poor isaac must have been so afraid. using the spade, zenitsu covers the holes and pats the dirt down. ]

[infire]

That's good.

[ she'll water the little patches herself, with the small watering can at her side. then brilith nods in satisfaction. ]

There. Now we're done, so we wait for them to bloom... If we're lucky, we won't be here long enough for that.

[swordflash]

I'll be glad if they bloom.

[ they deserve that chance. crouched by the patch, he turns his attention from the dirt to brilith. ]

Do you think this house will still be around once we take care of the source?

[infire]

So will I.

[ less than she would be before awakening, maybe. back then, brilith might have said she'd want to leave something positive behind, so it's not all bad. now, it's just a tribute to someone who couldn't make it back. she may be different, but she isn't heartless enough to forget them. ]

I don't know. If there's no way to remove the maliciousness from it, then it's better if it isn't. But if there's a way to cleanse that from it somehow, then maybe it can stay.

[ there's a certain bitterness in her voice though, betraying the fact that she would destroy every last vestige of it herself if she could, for all that it's done. ]

[swordflash]

[ her tone and the waning commitment in her last few words tip zenitsu off to brilith's displeasure with the house. it's a contradictory sentiment to what they've just done, but he finds that he's not too surprised by that thought. brilith strikes him as that sort of person, and it's rather sad.

he watches her with a curious gaze. ]

Even so, you planted the sunflowers.

[infire]

...Isaac cared for them. That's reason enough for me.

[swordflash]

[ his face falls. he didn't know isaac aside from what he witnessed during trials, but isaac seemed like a good guy. ]

I'm sorry.

[infire]

Don't apologize, Zenitsu. You didn't choose to be infected, or to kill those boys. It isn't any fault of yours.

[swordflash]

Even if it isn't, it hurt lots of people. Not just the people who've died, but those who are left and those who are on the other side feel those deaths, too.

[ even the flowers. it's a terrible ripple effect at play. ]

[infire]

...I won't deny that it does hurt certain people. But that doesn't mean you're the one who should be apologizing for it.

Besides, if there is a way to bring them back, we're going to do it.

[swordflash]

Yeah.

[ the living will take care of the dead, while the dead will support the living. they'll all look out for each other.

he hesitates. ]

How are you feeling, Brilith?

[infire]

I am ready for this to end.

[ that

that isn't an answer but okay ]