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[areasontohope]

[Yuki turns the feed on, showing a box that was very beautifully wrapped.]

I'm sorry to bother anyone, but this came to my door a moment ago, and it was just left there. Did someone deliver it? I'd feel rude if I didn't at least get to say thank you.

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[areasontohope]

[Yuki smiled.]

Then that's a good thing, right?

[moonlitrequiem]

I think so. [ She doesn't sound sure about any of this. ]

It's new to me. Wanting to do things. Being allowed to do things.

[areasontohope]

New to you?

[And somehow the 'being allowed to do things' bothered him.]

No one back home would let you do things?

[moonlitrequiem]

No. [ Not exactly that they wouldn't let her. The Syndicate would have to do something drastic if she went rogue, though.]

I'm not supposed to want to do things. [But she does. And it's a whole new thing.] I should not have emotions. Wants.

[areasontohope]

[Something was off, but he wasn't going to ask.]

I guess I don't really understand how you're supposed to not want to do things or have emotions, but it's okay to have both of those things.

[moonlitrequiem]

It is. [ Yin nods her head, still learning to accept these things, but she knows Yuki is right. ]

What I am, back home. We are not allowed these things. We are programmed to need less. To be self-reliant.

[areasontohope]

[That had him think a minute.]

But wouldn't you still need to rely on someone else to say buy groceries from in order to eat? Something like that is okay, right?

[moonlitrequiem]

[Yin's eyebrows furrow. He's right about that.]

Yes. That is necessary.

[areasontohope]

[He breathed out the breath that he'd been holding in.]

Okay, that's good to hear.

[moonlitrequiem]

[Good to hear? That perks up Yin's curiosity. Why?]

Were you worried?

[areasontohope]

[For a moment he breathes, unsure as to how to answer that question.]

Uh..no. You can take care of yourself.

[Yes he was worried.]

[moonlitrequiem]

[She is incapable of catching the difference between what Yuki says and what he means, unfortunately.]

Good. [Yin is slow and careful in her words, trying to express what she means by that.] I do not want to worry you. [She is programmed not to cause anyone worry, still.]

[areasontohope]

[He took her 'good' as in an approval for him to leave her alone but softened at the last part.]

No, I know you'll be fine.

[moonlitrequiem]

[It was more an expression of relief. If Yuki wishes to say, Yin thinks she enjoys his company. She's still learning what that feels like. Yin is just also taciturn. More words in her sentences could help.]

Are you, also, fine?

[areasontohope]

I am, thank you for asking.

[He wanted to make sure she didn't worry about him, because that wasn't something that he wanted to put out there.]

[moonlitrequiem]

[ Yin isn't capable of realizing someone is telling her they are fine not to worry her, even though, essentially, she is programmed to do the same thing. But Yuki thanks her for something so small, and she's moved, ever so slightly. ]

You are welcome. Yuki.

[areasontohope]

[He smiled, even while knowing she wouldn't see it.]

You take care, okay?

[moonlitrequiem]

[ She's not able to see his smiles, no, but Yin is pretty sure she hears Yuki's kindness in his voice. She gives him a gentle nod, hoping they meet again. ]