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The answer Mitsu provided didn't appear to satisfy Riyo's question, as she was left with a skeptical look on her face. "I don't understand that." She admitted. "Why spend time with other people when you're so insecure about yourself and what they might think of you?" Her hand motioned to the mask for a short moment before retreating back into her pocket.

"All people do is change you. If you're not strong enough, they take you like a pliable piece of clay and mold you to their idea of what you should be." The feline's eyes narrowed at the idea, a feeling of disdain overwhelming her. "And in the end, you're stuck as something you never wanted to be."

When Riyo realized she'd just gone off on a spiel, she took a deep breath and turned her eyes back to the booth. "Take solace in the fact that you're you. On the nights when you feel the loneliness set in, it's a comfort to know you at least have yourself." The words were in a much softer tone than the cat demon usually used, those red orbs softening for only a moment before the wall of translucent cold surrounded her demeanor again. "I don't think I'd want to give out plushies of my likeness to strangers..." She mumbled and lifted one of the Riley plushies up to examine it.

Mitsu's ears fell back at Riyo's first question but the answer was fairly simple. "T...to change." She didn't want to be insecure, she wanted to try and open up and the best way to do that....well it was forcing herself to do stuff that made her nervous. Her hand went to her mask for a moment when Riyo gestured toward it but the lupine wasn't quite ready to remove it. No...she was still working on that.

Tilting her head a little at the second part of Riyo's statement, it seemed the feline had a bad taste in her mouth from a personal experience. "P..people do change you." Mitsu agreed though she didn't sound bothered by it. "A..and sometimes they change you for the better." Her gaze drifted to Shun for a moment with that statement. "They help you...grow stronger but no matter how much you change you'll always still be you."

Mitsu had been used to being alone, for the longest time she had only her brother and just a couple of years ago she didn't even have that. Now she had friends and she realized she didn't want to be alone. There was no comfort in hiding away never wanting to change.

In the end, Mitsu was right. There really was no comfort in hiding away from the world. But being the bull-headed creature Riyo was, she refused to admit that to both others and herself.

"And how's that, Mitsu? How can you still be yourself after all this change?" The feline asked, sitting the plushie back down. "What defines a change as good or bad?"

Ah, and in pops the shadow to give his two cents. "You can overcome insecurities by yourself." Yeah, she did so well at that. Today proved she had overcome MILESTONES in her insecurities with boils that lack clothes. Oh wait, no it didn't.

... She was getting too worked up about this. Silently, she removed her hand from her pocket to check the time of her skellephone. "I've overstayed. I should be going." Not that she HAD to go, but it would be best to prevent either another 'tragic' misfortune or saying too much on the subject of change and trust.

Malodore placed one reassuring hand on Christof's back and led him to the side, ducking behind the curtains of the booth for privacy. "Sit, per favore," it instructed, reaching into its sleeves as it spoke to draw out needle, thread, and a small wrapped packet. It gently opened the packet and held out the bit of cloth within to Christof; the cloth smelled antiseptic, astringent.

"Lay this over the wound to purify it - then let me know when you are ready to begin."

Malodore hadn't really been paying too much attention to Christof's physical form before, though it had noted that something about the patchwork had changed. Now, once it had threaded the needle to its satisfaction, it was more than close enough to see exactly what had been done.

"Ah... new limbs, is it? Interesting." It peered at the wing with especial curiosity. "Those would be deemed upgrades, yes? Have you adjusted to them?"

As it spoke, it gently peeled the antiseptic cloth free and began to stitch, its movements careful and sure.

It felt like they were in a debate, something that could easily border on being a heated discussion...and Mitsu wasn't brave enough yet to stand up for how she felt on the matter. Instead she took the easy road and folded. "I...I guess." Was her simple answer to Riyo as she helf the Riley doll close.

The lycan didn't like being alone, she liked having friends near by, she really believed they were changing her for the better. While it was hard to say what change was good or bad, it was also hard to say what change you went under on your own was good or bad. No one stayed the same no matter how hard they tried. Time made all the difference.

Turning to Shun as he spoke back to Riyo, Mitsu reached out and gently placed a hand on the reaper's arm. While his tone wasn't so much picking a fight his words could easily be taken as such...or at least she felt so....and Mitsu really didn't want there to be an argument.

Tilting her head a bit when Riyo mentioned she had overstayed, Mitsu wasn't sure what she meant. "Do you have an appointment?" It was a festival, why not enjoy yourself? There were all sorts of games and food to be had.

Everyone seemed rather occupied, and he didn't see his friend either. He wondered what was going on, but then again, with the booth being as busy as it was, everyone else was probably busy too. Maybe if he could just drop off a quick message, he could get out of the way and allow more potential voters through.

Moving up to the booth, he looked about for anyone who he could ask about Cade.

For a moment, Shun's gaze shifted over towards Poke as she decided to chime in, but he didn't really pay much mind to what she had to say. Narrowing his eyes to the feline momentarily, he turned towards Mitsu with a rather firm stare.

"And you," he started, "You need to start standing up for yourself. You can't just give in each time someone takes a stance against you. Especially not from some b***h who believes everyone ought to die alone, including herself."