[ she shifts forward again, brushing her lips against aigis's. there's so much to this, so much that she wants to say and can't find the words for yet. kotone nods, finally, trying to pull up to her feet and bringing aigis up with her, rubbing at her eyes with the heel of her palm. ]

The others are gonna be so happy to see you. It's not just us—Yukari, Mitsuru and Koromaru are with me. [ she huffs a breath, though. ] And we're... past the san, aren't we? But I don't mind.

[ there's a charm to it, even as overly informal as kotone herself might tend to be. very few people call her that, and never with the tenderness aigis does. ]