[the sting of separation is a one-sided thing, because for her, she'd just turned a corner and found herself flung into the future - disorienting in its own way, yes, but merciful in its lack of...lacking, as it were. she has enough of that in her long history, thank you very much.
as it stands now, she'd approached this hunched form with no certainty of who it is, and an eyebrow quirks when she finds it to be Hijikata.
she takes the waterskin back while he speaks, giving the state of him far more scrutiny now than seconds before, searching for changes that would make a case for the passage of time. he's human, right? sometimes the months can do years on a human body even without magic or toil weighted upon them.
at the welcome, there's a slight softening to her stony expression.]
I thank you for remembering. [it's not something she's come to expect, thanks to her thankless job beyond Avalon.] Do not wear yourself out just yet; we're not even halfway there. [says the lady absolutely not dressed for mountaineering, let alone magical quests of this caliber.]
wah toshi Q_Q I MISSED HIM TOO!!!
as it stands now, she'd approached this hunched form with no certainty of who it is, and an eyebrow quirks when she finds it to be Hijikata.
she takes the waterskin back while he speaks, giving the state of him far more scrutiny now than seconds before, searching for changes that would make a case for the passage of time. he's human, right? sometimes the months can do years on a human body even without magic or toil weighted upon them.
at the welcome, there's a slight softening to her stony expression.]
I thank you for remembering. [it's not something she's come to expect, thanks to her thankless job beyond Avalon.] Do not wear yourself out just yet; we're not even halfway there. [says the lady absolutely not dressed for mountaineering, let alone magical quests of this caliber.]