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Thanks to everyone for their reviews! I'm so sorry for the enormous delay in replying, but I've been having a rough time of it for a while now. I will be writing Different Eyes' 2020 revision for NaNoWriMo this year, and hope to publish quite a lot of new content before 2021. Wish me luck~ @Pen...

Me, for nearly three weeks, ever since I found out Brisa was gonna get shadowed for Boss Four. Original doodle by Chibi.

Oh. Oh hell. What Astrid was saying was nothing but reassuring, so why was it getting harder stay composed? Brisa nodded and gave herself the tiniest jolt of electricity to perk herself back up. Get a grip, ranger! Time for the truth. "Okay. That's... I feel the same way, Astrid." She chuckled...

Brisa made a low whistle as she churned through what there was to say in her mind. Behind her, her tail brushed against the floor in mnemonic patterns to help her hold it in her head. "Well... a fair few of us were feelin' the effects of the shadows. Celeste said a couple choice things when it...

Brisa automatically put a paw around Astrid to steady her, and then after a few moments, recognised that this was another... hug. Her third in less than a week. After four years of- oh, she was gonna need to lie down after this... but not before she leaned in and returned the hug as best she...

Brisa stood from her cushion and met Astrid's eyes again as Ranger Escarpa. "I'm fine. But you need rest. Proper bed rest, y'hear?" She moved forward, intending to lift Astrid back into bed herself.

Brisa broke eye contact, heart starting up again. Gods, ever since she got to Cibus, it was one emotionally turbulent moment after another. She was gonna have to tell Astrid what happened before she found out from someone else. "We got the machine. It was tough, and... there were some...

Something in Brisa's head momentarily reset her to being Ranger Escarpa in response to Astrid's panic. "Everyone is safe, ma'am. Some folks are hurt, yourself more'n most, but they'll all pull through." She shook her head. Did she just call Astrid 'ma'am'? "And yeah, you got 'em good. Astrid...

"Water's comin'. Hang on." Brisa busied herself fetching a glass for Astrid. Fortunately she knew where they were already from her stay here. It was still so weird how everything in Cibus was smooth, but stuck to your paws as if by magic. She was used to contoured vessels with a rough grip...

Brisa's heart tripped. Was Astrid... okay? Yeah. Yeah, she'd be fine. Brisa came round pretty fast from her own explosion. It was fine. "It's me, Astrid." Wait, they'd barely seen each other in ages. ...did Astrid recognise her? "It's Shinx Brisa. Are... are you alright?" She found a cushion...

Brisa had enough time on her walk from the beach to the guild infirmary to work off some of her emotional surge from her... her weird moment with Curio. What was that, anyway? She hadn't felt quite like that since... Well, since Cathy. She made her way inside and made a brusque push past the...

Forgot to post this, lol.

Oh, Brisa. You're very stupid.

"Uh, okay! ...be seein' ya, Curio!" Brisa almost went in for another quick hug, but nerves held her back, and she waved a goodbye as she loped off back along the beach. Well, that went great. Really great. Good talk. Good hug. But oh, stars. What was going on with her heart? It was pounding a...

Brisa made a sound that was half-laugh, half-snort. "Huh? 'Pard'ner'? Curio, I don't sound anythin' like that!" She savoured the hug a little longer before letting go, still anxious not to hug for longer than was okay. Once it ended, she was left with a fullness in her chest and a lightness in...

It wasn't a hug, just a handshake-! Fuck, were they not close enough for hugs? Did they make Curio feel trapped? Was it too soon after their last hug? It hadn't been a week yet, that might be too soon. What if it wasn't okay-??? oh gods oh gods oh gods goddamnit, she should just trust her...

Curio wouldn't give up on her. Even if she lost everything else... Brisa would count on that. Why was her heart beating so hard? Brisa tentatively put out a paw and took Curio's in hers. She wasn't sure what to do. Was this... a handshake?

"Starr? Yeah, I... I think so? I don't know if she considers me a friend, but she's my friend. And- and so are you." Brisa felt her ears burn. "That's what's gettin' me through this right now. Knowin' I got at least some friends that ain't givin' up on me." Oh, sky and stars. Was it too much...

'Self-pity.' Starr had said something about that, too. 'Pity party'. Was that really what she was doing? Brisa flinched at the recrimination, but... Curio believed she could get better. Curio was talking to her even after the... the mauling. And yet... "I'm tryin', Curio. I'm really tryin' so...

Brisa nodded, her own eyes beginning to water. "Thanks, Curio..." A sharp pang of shame made her let go of Curio as she steeled herself to finish what she was leading to. "I thought I stood a chance of changin', of bein' better than Jesse thought I was. I know how to hold back in sparrin'...