“I’m okay…just tired, Ru. But…” Lysithea brightened slightly, looking up at her with a hopeful, tired smile. “I think I could…go for something warm. Like cheese fries. We should go and get cheese fries…”

She swallowed and looked at the other two, shrugging. “Well…Not this that’s for sure. I was hoping for just…a nice time with the four of us hanging out with a unicorn, honestly. Maybe taking a nap in the sun and just…relaxing. We could all have used it. After the stuff on Alastor, I just…wanted us to have a nice time up in space and not have to worry about chaos for a little while. Not have to worry about anything.”

Giving a small, half bitter laugh that was almost a sigh, Lysithea shrugged. “...Didn’t work out so well, I guess…but hopefully this won’t happen again…I mean…I…”

Pausing, she glanced between the three of them. “...That really just happened didn’t it…I…I purified the pool…I…think I’ll have to do it…um. More often…once a year was what my memory showed so…that…will just have to be…added to the to-do list…”

She had purified the pool. Alone. With her own power and…

Maybe she didn’t have the mental prowess to really consider all that such a thing could mean, so with another tired smile. “...Cheese fries? Maybe?”

Guine

Kyuseisha no Hikari