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His analogy, though odd, was enough to cause the corners of Sidouer’s lips to twitch upward in the barest of smiles. Although the huor did not quite reach her ombre colored eyes, it was at least something.

“I suppose that could be considered the silver lining.” The only thing they would really need to be careful about were the specifics. They met as powered and therefore, by default, knew each other had a civilian life. It was a dangerous line to trod upon and yet… for some reason Sidouer felt as if she could, in some small capacity, trust the Lieutenant. Or perhaps it was just that she needed someone to trust in light of the abandonment she had gone though.

For a moment it seemed as if the senshi was contemplating leaving with how uncomfortable her body language appeared. And yet, with a deep sigh she hugged the quit to her chest, closed her eyes and buried her face in the soft fabric. It had a refreshingly clean scent as if it had been just been pulled out of a dryer.

After what felt like several minutes of silence, Sidouer finally lifted her head and looked over at him. “I know what it’s like to worry about a sibling. I have an older brother who had been sent overseas to fight in the military shortly after I awakened…” It was an olive branch that she offered to him as thanks for the gift he had given her, a small glimpse of something they had in common. “Early on he found out about my double life. But there is still so much I choose not to tell him if only to keep him safe since he isn’t involved in any capacity” Neither a Senshi nor Knight, just a civilian acutely aware of the true demons that lurk the city.

It was an odd feeling to have but for one reason or another Sidouer felt heavy-hearted by his seemingly reluctant decision to part ways. A part of her felt guilty knowing that it was likely because she was making the situation awkward but there was, unfortunately, nothing that could be done about that. Not right now at least some memories were still too raw to move past.

Nonetheless, Sidouer did something that, on most accounts, would have been considered against her nature or out of character given her past. But given the circumstances, she felt it was the right thing to do and rather than bidding him farewell and walking away, the Senshi of Static turned to face him; her demeanor somewhat relaxed as she closed the distance between them.

Alpersite was taller than she was but not so much so that she couldn’t simply rise up onto her toes to give him a light peck on the cheek. “Stay positive,” her voice was quiet as she took a step away.

A faint embarrassed blush swept across her cheeks. Her eyes remained fixated on an arbitrary spot on the ground not wanting to really see his reaction. “Take care Alpersite, I’m sure we’ll see each other again soon.” With those as her parting words, Sidouer turned to leave all the while mentally berating herself for such a rash decision.