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[Joseph: Training Room]

Joseph listened to Kyle, and at the end, let out a whoosh of air. He didn't say the wrong thing, at least. But now, he had some more to work with. Some more to help him help Kyle.

"Do you really think it's insensitive? I don't think it is. I...I haven't grieved my family yet. I don't know if I will. But that's cause I'm usually too busy thinking about how to fix everything. Idle hands, and what not."

Sitting down beside Kyle, Joe brought up his knees and hugged his legs, looking across the train car at the wall.

"There's a reason everyone does everything. You bottled it up, and now you have to let it out. No one can blame you for that. I certainly wouldn't. And if anyone does, I'll...I'll kick their a**." The fighter let out a small chuckle at that, before quieting. "Know why I would? Cause it's not your fault."

No...it's the fault of the replicas...and I'll make them pay for it.

[Dawn : HT/BC : Dining Car]

Dawn's smile faded when Jenny smiled back awkwardly. It made her heart cry out to see such a smile on the girl's face.

"Things will be fine," Dawn said reaching out a hand to touch the girl's shoulder, "I know they will."

'Just got to have faith...' Dawn told herself.

After patting Jenny's shoulder a couple of times, the tessen wielder's hand fell to her side. Her mind wandering where James went. He seemed just as torn up as everyone else. She should of gone and spoke to him as well. Dawn just hoped that James wasn't doing anything stupid out of grief.... Though she knew it was highly unlikely that her friend would do anything rash. But after seeing him during that fight with the replicas and after Elleon took Rae's heart with Noelle chasing after her, she wasn't quite sure. Things had happened to him since Earth was destroyed. Dawn had no idea of what those events may of done to James.

Dawn let out a sigh as her mind reeled at what all could of happened to her friend, or to Jenny or the rest after the heartless destroyed her home.

"I can only imagine everything you have all gone through...." Dawn said looking away from Louis and Jenny.

[[Louis : HT/BC : Train - Stable Car]]

Louis listened quietly as the two spoke, nodding lightly to each of them, he was distracted slightly by the loud boom from elsewhere on the train. When everything quieted down, he returned his attention to Jenny and Dawn, but he still couldn't help but worry about the noise. When James entered, Louis simply performed the same small nod in his direction, taking his leave, looking to Dawn expecting the same of her, and motioning for her to follow. Before he left, he looked to Jenny with a warm smile, "Remember, if you need anything... let me know." With that, he headed out of the dining car and into the sleeping car to explore the train a bit more. Finding of no real interest there, he continued on through to the stable car to check out what was there.

[Dawn : Dining Car -> Stable Car]

Dawn's blue eyes closed her eyes hearing Jenny's voice. It painful. She had yet to speak to anyone about what had happened before landing in the Land of Dragons, not even James. Though it was eating her away inside, she was not about to burden anyone with the sadness of her own failure to protect three innocent children.

Dawn was about to say something, but blinked looking up at James when he came in asking to talk to Jenny, alone. What was going on? Dawn could only wonder what could be going on between the two of them. Whatever might of happened it was serious enough for James to speak in such a matter and Jenny to look even more miserable.

Instead of asking questions Dawn only nodded. She took a couple of steps after Louis before she stopped to look back at Jenny with a smile.

"I'll talk to you later," she said to both the time mage and James, giving a smile to the corsair as well before she went into the sleeping car.

She saw that Louis was heading towards the back of the train. Dawn was curious as to what was back there herself. She walked silently with him, hoping that he didn't mind if she tagged along. Dawn let herself go ahead and open the door to the next car, holding it open in case Louis came in as well, before she let it closed and actually saw what the car held.

"Awww!" Dawn practically squealed, "Are those what I think they are?!" the wind user ran up to the cages to get a closer look at the large birds, "Chocobos! They are so cute! This is so cool!"

Dawn was in her own world, never minding if Louis was there or not. She had no idea that there were any chocobos here or anywhere. This was just amazing. Something she'd never thought she'd see in her life.

As Dawn was standing staring at one of the large birds, another bird, in a cage her back was to, came behind her. He had a gradient of blue and white feathers. The ends of his wings and tail along with the top of his head and the section near his legs were blue while the rest went out to white. The chocobo strolled up behind Dawn. The bird blinked its black button eyes as it looked at Dawn's pony tail.

Then without so much of a warning the bird grabbed Dawn's hair with it's beak and pulled on it.

"Uh..." Dawn said trying to look back but the chocobo started to pull even harder on her hair, making Dawn's head shake backwards, making Dawn dizzy and completely disoriented. And panic, "AHH HELP ME!!!"

[Jenny :: BC/HT :: Dining Car]

Jenny fidgeted as Dawn walked out and looked up between the strands of her dark hair as if trying to discern James' expression. He didn't sound accusatory and something in her felt relieved of that. She linked her fingers together and then unlinked them before linking them again. She took in what he said, rolling the words over in her mind all the while mildly surprised by his thanks.

Back when the Replicas showed up she didn't really think anything about saving James or healing his wrist. It just seemed like the natural thing to do. She had forgotten completely about the spell, it was only when she thought about that she felt awkward. So maybe she shouldn't think about? The time mage also wanted to be friends, friends were nice to have and it was much easier being friends than trying to squeeze herself into the wall whenever he passed by.

So she smiled, albeit timidly and tugged at her arm warmer. "It wasn't your fault, what happened in Narnia... we were just victims of some silly game. I think... being friends would be nice."

[[Louis : Train : Stable Car]]

Louis strolled along, looking at the birds, each one unique in its own way. He read of the name plates on stall door with interest. When he reached some without name plates, he was distracted by Dawn's squeal for help. Louis flew to her aid, popping the bird on the beak causing it to release and reel back, hanging its head up high out of his reach.

Then, in a split second, his countenance changed, where a moment before he held an aura of a stern, angry father, he switched to one of a soft, understanding friend. The bird relaxed and dropped its head, and he quickly stroked the side of its head softly, speaking in a hushed tone, "Good... that's a good boy... or girl..."

Louis finally returned his attention to Dawn after about 3 seconds of this, looking at her with a tiny smirk and chuckle, "Looks like he got you good, eh?"

[[Louis : Train : Stable Car]]

He couldn't help but laugh more, lending her a hand to her feet, "I think he's just curious... and a little untrained. I've had experience working with animals like these since I was young. You can't ever let your guard down around them, or they'll take advantage of you." Louis reached his free hand around and stroked another one under the chin that came over to check out the commotion, "Don't be mad at him though. Anger gets you nowhere with animals. It's all about task and reward. He let go of your hair... so he was rewarded. He probably doesn't know any better otherwise... but now he knows when he isn't holding onto your hair, he's doing something right... make sense?"