◊ 6th Contract | Video

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[No sooner than the video came into focus did the sight of a blond lying on the ground near the dreamberry is evident.

His face is slightly scuffed up and he's dressed in a black formal suit, but people may recognize him. The blond hair and the too-green eyes that are visible for only a few seconds before he bolts upright with one name on his lips and fear that's rather evident on his face]

Leo!!

[About now he realizes he's not home, but that doesn't make him feel any better about what happened. He could still almost feel Jack's hands over his eyes and those damn words in his ears that kept running over and over in his head.

The fact that he's in Somarium again doesn't entirely register yet as he's still trying to piece things together in his head right now. Which is why when he speaks, it's not even aimed at the dreamberry whatsoever, really..]

...no.. Why couldn't I stop him?

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[The sound of his sister's voice is enough to shake him from his thoughts, jumping a bit before he turned his gaze to her]

A-Ada!

I... Are you alright?

[He was more focused on her than his own mindset honestly.]

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Of course I'm alright...

[That wasn't even a question. He was the one acting strange again.]

Are you...?

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...Not really.

I did something horrible, Ada..

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...you can tell me.

[No matter what it was... she would not look at him any differently. She told herself that.]

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[Ttly not even able to look at her, he grimaces a bit and hesitates visible]

I let my guard down and... someone attacked Leo through me.

I think... I think I might have killed him..

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....

[It's painful to hear. But the things that hurts her the most... is that her brother is ready to blame himself.]

...but it wasn't you.

[She knows. She believes. She would never believe that Oz would do that. He wasn't capable of it. She knows it. She believes.]

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...I feel like... it was. I couldn't stop it.

I just was... trying to help him and now I might have really...

[His voice trails off and his expression becomes more open; vulnerable and lined with guilt]

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That doesn't make it your fault...

[It's... probably a lot like she feels now.] Sometimes there are things that we are powerless to stop, and we have to live with that. There are many things I cannot do. But if I blamed myself for all the things I could not do, I would give up and stop trying.

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[Those words unintentionally strike a nerve in him and he just simply shakes his head. If only Ada understood the entirety of the situation he knew things might be different but he could never try to explain to her something so horrible]

I just... It's hard to fight when you feel like you hardly even know yourself anymore..

[It's the most he'll say for now]

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If you ever feel like that then... I want to be able to remind you who you are.

[ Soft, always loving.]

Family should be there for each other after all.

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I... but... you'd really do that for me, Ada?

Even if it's something like this..?