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Yin did not make it out of his room that often anymore. Classes when they were absolutely necessary, though information seemed to go in one ear and out the other more often than not. Going out if he needed to check and ensure that Alexander was safe when it just bothered him too much not to. But lately Princess Eva had decided that she required more walks than normal, and so here he was again, trailing after her as she pranced and proudly wore the collar that the Crown Princess (Miss Danny) had given her. His eyes stayed mostly on the ground, but when he looked up he saw someone that had not been familiar to him scant weeks ago, but now he would probably recognize her anywhere.

Calling softly to Princess Eva he turned and made his way toward the ghoul and where she was in the sunlight. "Miss Amphitrite?" He called out to her. Not sure of what to say, but realizing now that he had seen her and was drawing closer to her that he had not really seen the others since their return...and they were the only other ones out there that had a clue as to what he was trying to work through.

For a long, drawn out moment nothing really happened. She was staring at him, and he was beginning to wonder if somehow her memories had been erased, or perhaps blocked. Then the ghoul smiled and motioned for him to sit down. He moved forward to do so but she was holding out her phone to him. He barely glanced at it before he sat next to her, though with space between them.

"I do not require your phone Miss Amphitrite," he tried to explain softly. No, he did not need anything from the ghoul. Except perhaps, the comfort of being with someone that understood. Not knew, anyone could know what happened to them (not that he would tell just anyone), but to have been there. "I wished to see how you were doing."

Did someone completely miss the purpose of the phone? When it came to Yin and technology, anything (bad) was possible.

She seemed fairly adamant that he look at the phone so he leaned forward and began to try to puzzle out what it was. The screen was tiny and his face scrunched up in concentration. She did not have a.."v--vo-ice...voice..." he mumbled slightly, cheeks heating up slightly as he worked at muddling through the text. Once he read the words he reread them to piece them all together.

"Wait, you mean to say that you cannot speak Miss Amphitrite? Are you ill?" He was rather concerned about that. "Would you like me to escort you to Nurse Cricket's office?"

She. Was. Touching. Him.





Oh, it was just to signal him to be quiet. He could handle that. He struggled through her next message, though there was a noticeable delay in their communication because of it. He looked up at her, worried when he finally finished the message. The hunters? Really? "It did not affect my vocal cords," he muttered.

Her next message was also puzzled through, but this one he shook his head at slightly. "I would trust Nurse Cricket with my life," he told her honestly. The Nurse was one of the very few adults that he respected and trusted. She had helped him out several times, had been there for him, healed him, trained him...no, she could be trusted. "But I will not speak of this to her if you do not wish me to."

He buried his face in his hands as a realization hit him. "Miss Amphitrite I think...I may have told a couple of people about being tagged. I was trying to warn them about me but...I believe I referred to all of us that were captured. Alexander and Miss Danny would know." He felt absolutely horrible about it. He did not want others finding out about him, and yet he had done the same thing to her and the others he had been with. "I am truly sorry Miss Amphitrite, that was not my place."

Yin kept struggling through the texts, but self-consciousness from the reading in front of someone as well as a ghoul's proximity that was not a child (like Miss Danny) was stressful.



All he could do was accept her decision, and not pressure her. They had enough issues to worry about that they did not need to deal with added stress from those who could actually know what they were going through. Still, he did not fully agree with her last text. Yes, he was trying to protect them but..."It was still not my place to let them know that it happened to you as well, but yes, I do want them to be protected. I...I tried to stay away from them but it did not work out very well." There seemed to be no easy solution to that problem.

Then she wrapped her arms around him.



So many ghoul touches in such a small amount of time! Then he noticed a tear falling and...well, he could understand. In his entire life he had only done this maybe once or twice, but an arm lifted and wrapped around the ghoul, loosely holding her as she returned the hug of sorts. It might have felt distinctly awkward, but he was trying. "We will find a way to get through this," he told her. He did not say that it would be okay, because it would not be. But somehow they would muddle their way onward. Somehow they would figure something out.

It was so tempting to give in and cry along with her, but Yin was going to be strong. Really. Then she held out the phone, more stress presented to him as he awkwardly patted her back and then let his hand drop. Not going to cry. He was not going to give in to that anymore. Of course, a single tear might have fallen.



"Oh it is perfectly fine Miss Amphitrite, I am not bothered by your tears." Except that he was. Ghouls should not have a reason to cry. "And you are always welcome to seek me out as well. We need...we need to stick together, you know? I think that any of us that...were there...should be safe around each other at least..." It was really just rather depressing tho think about, but that tiny bit of good he was going to try to cling to. "And perhaps I can be of assistance to you as well."

At least she understood. It was a shaky and poor reason for a friendship, but it was what they had to offer each other. Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy, we both were tagged, so friendship maybe. Something like that. Anything to try to seek out security in the crazy world that they lived in.

The next message had him embarrassed and flushing. A date with a ghoul? He...he did not feel about her that way. Dates just because they were friends were still not acceptable. "N-n-no dates Miss Amphitrite, I could not be so bold." Did she really want to be left alone with a passed out mantis? "I-I am not opposed to good memories but no dating!" Adamant on that fact.