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[Just... ink dripping slowly onto the page for a minute. He's torn between 'oh thank goodness' and 'you are in so much trouble mister.']

...I need to speak with you.

Come by later.

[Rain doesn't bother writing anything more. Never mind 'later,' he's going over there right now. Losing the only two people from his home within the span of a week left him in a pretty bad place for a few days, emotionally speaking, but one of them is back now and apparently with memories intact. Rain doesn't intend to allow something like that to happen again.

He shouldn't have let it happen this time. He came across Okita's last journal entry too late, thanks to having been distracted by a memory crystal... he can't help but wonder if the timing of it was really a coincidence. But it's not hard to deduce what happened. Okita called a meeting, and then died immediately after that meeting; Rain can guess at what it must have been about, and... he's angry. At the same time that he's truly, deeply relieved that Okita's back, he's angry that the man got himself killed in such a manner, and he's angry at himself for not stopping it.

He almost forgets to take his notebook with him, the one in which he jotted down his newly recovered memory, but remembers on his way out and grabs it. It doesn't take him long to get to Okita's home, and he knocks sharply on the door, twice.]

[Souji opens the door, and manages at least the semblance of a small, tired smile. It looks like there's some cocoon goo still dried in his hair - which is pulled back into a ponytail so he doesn't have to worry about brushing it right now]

Rain-san.

[See dragon. See dragon grab samurai.

See dragon growl in samurai's face.

Run, samurai, run!]

You have a lot to explain.

Souji-jūn. Welcome back.

We are all well.

[Yeah he won't contradict you on that apology >> but it's because he cares!]

[Unfortunately, samurai would probably get all of thirty feet before collapsing. So he just looks down instead, not meeting Tian's eyes]

I know... I'm sorry.

Good.

[If you thought you've seen Tian angry before, it's nothing compared to this. Right now, it is undeniable that he is a dragon and not a man.]

Apologies? You dare to presume an apology is good enough for your actions?

[There's a not-entirely-sane, definitely broken smile at that]

I could... kill myself again... if you'd like.

[Growwwwwl.]

You have already wasted your life once. I do not bed fools, Souji.

[Drops!]

Get out of my sight. Your services are no longer needed.

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[If you wanted a reaction, you aren't getting one. He just collapses on the ground and coughs weakly]

[Glare.]

[Still staring at the floor, though once he catches his breath-]

...I'm sorry

Pull yourself together, ronin.

You have gone against your lord, and you've betrayed me as a friend and lover.

[There's a short, breathless laugh]

Not even... worthy of that. Can't fight.

I'm very glad to see you again, Souji-san.

[Yes, you get the proper Japanese suffix now. Don't ask. It stuck.]

A suitable punishment. Now get out of my sight.

Crawl if you have to.

[You've made an enemy =( ]

[He really is here. Alive. Standing right here, talking, smiling a smile that doesn't fool Rain for a second... he's alive. For a few brief moments Rain does nothing more than look at Okita - perhaps it's childish, but something in him wants this reassurance. Reading the man's writing in the journal isn't the same as actually seeing him in the flesh.

But he hasn't just come here to see Okita, but to speak with him. And he wasn't kidding when he said that he needed to. Rain closes his eyes with a slow sigh, and when he opens them again he fixes Okita with a hard gaze.]

...What were you thinking? [There's an unmistakable hint of anger in his tone, to be sure, but it's not so much that as it is plaintive. Losing someone like that... Rain wasn't prepared for it to hurt as much as it did, but... it hurt a lot.]

[Souji's eyes dropped to the ground. He wasn't sure he had the strength to go through this another time today - particularly not after Tian had left.]

Protecting... the rest of you.

You too, Kagerou-san.

[Souji manages to arrange himself so he can give Tian a low, seated bow - forehead to the ground.]

...I'm sorry

[And he gathers himself up, and retreats back into his apartment.

Protecting- [Rain cuts himself off abruptly. He is not going to lose his composure now, not when he's clung to it for this long. He takes a breath and lowers his voice a bit, though his words are no less pointed.]

Knowledge is the most dangerous thing here. Handing it out puts people at risk. Especially when you call such a meeting over the journals. If I'd seen it-

[Again Rain cuts himself off, and his gaze drops to a spot on the ground beside his feet. His voice grows slightly more subdued, his expression melancholy.] ...If I'd seen it in time, you wouldn't have died. I'd have stopped you.

[This time Souji manages to meet his eyes with a sort of hard-won determination. Not something he could do with Tian, but Rain was an equal.]

Nobody else died. They deserved to know. And I knew... what might happen.

[Even if he hadn't predicted the full consequences]

How are you? Not too much worse for wear?

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