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[truedetective]

[Judging from the way Naoto ruffles his fur, it's been mutual. She doesn't need to tell Yukiko that, though.] I can't say in specific. Somewhere under the sea, and then somewhere... vaguely Caribbean-themed. I'm not sure either of them were real places.

[burningblossoms]

They weren't. You were in unreality.

[Which she says more or less matter of factly.]

Sort of like me, only mine were just small overlays on our world.

[truedetective]

[Naoto frowns.] "Unreality" is a meaningless term. It may have been a different reality, similar to whatever we experienced with the television, but it was certainly real in its own way.

[burningblossoms]

That's what Retrospec employees called it. It's got a meaning to them, and was probably picked for a reason.

[And she's not gonna question that.]

[truedetective]

Perhaps. [She continues to pet the doggo.] Were you with Arisato?

[burningblossoms]

[Yukiko's eyebrow furrows just a little. It actually bothers her a little, hearing Minako's last name used instead of her first, and without an honorific. It's rude.]

I was not. I was on a different team. I didn't know any of my teammates actually.

[truedetective]

[Low-key rude, often unintentionally, is Naoto's middle name!]

Hm. I see. Any of them I might have known?

--at any rate, you might want to talk to her about what she herself experienced.

[burningblossoms]

I don't know are Amelia, Augustine, Chuuya Nakahara, Orion, Sena, Kazuma Kiryu, Nui Harime, Kaguya, Rosalind, Vera, and Zaveid people you know?

And I have spoken with Minako. It's not the time to ask about her experiences though.

[truedetective]

I've spoken to them a few times. None at length. [She tilts her head to the side. Kanji matches it.] Why isn't it the time? What time would be better, other than when it's fresh in our minds?

[burningblossoms]

She's grieving. Ryoji Mochizuki died today.

[And that's not only her best friend, but someone she was very clearly willing to die to protect. The madness that had taken hold of Minako when Yukiko found her storming from the hospital was...impressive.]

[truedetective]

--what?! [Naoto straightens up, looking stunned.] I'm-- I'm sorry, and you didn't think this was relevant to tell me?! How did it happen?

[burningblossoms]

I thought you knew. I...thought...someone had...

[A lot of things, but she breaks off as she realizes that she's been the one to break the news. That strikes her hard, all over again, and she ends up looking away and curling up into a ball on the couch.]

...I don't know. But he's gone. So...I'm leaving Minako alone today.