[She does pause at the door, and she turns just far enough that she can see him wave in her peripheral...
...
Before she leaves without a word... except her own way of saying goodbye is that rather than turning right like he had said to get to the clinic nearby, Benedikta goes left. Deliberately. It's a silent offering... perhaps even a truce of sorts, in her own way, giving him the opening to go to the clinic on his own, first.
Surely there will be another medic nearby, or even aboard the Stormbringer, which is where she will go next.
And as much as it pains her to keep maintaining whatever this is after their moment on the beach, as well as everything before that, it's all for the best. She has already done it for six years... she can continue to do it now, can't she? Though, having him around so much, knowing that he's near only makes it that much harder to do.
Only makes it hurt that much more.
Because she's remembering all the reasons why she was so hurt by him leaving her the first time. Why she so, so badly wanted him to stay with her...
Fortunately, she will find what she needed on the ship—some bird man that she remembers had been helping people when they crashed into this world, tending to their wounds, and he was more than happy to see to hers when she had asked, without a price.
Truly, the kindness of some people in this world was sickening.
She would need to find a quick and easy route to the Naughtilust before returning back to Nogard if only to get these lingering thoughts out of her head, but in the end, she never does end up going. Not yet.]
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Before she leaves without a word... except her own way of saying goodbye is that rather than turning right like he had said to get to the clinic nearby, Benedikta goes left. Deliberately. It's a silent offering... perhaps even a truce of sorts, in her own way, giving him the opening to go to the clinic on his own, first.
Surely there will be another medic nearby, or even aboard the Stormbringer, which is where she will go next.
And as much as it pains her to keep maintaining whatever this is after their moment on the beach, as well as everything before that, it's all for the best. She has already done it for six years... she can continue to do it now, can't she? Though, having him around so much, knowing that he's near only makes it that much harder to do.
Only makes it hurt that much more.
Because she's remembering all the reasons why she was so hurt by him leaving her the first time. Why she so, so badly wanted him to stay with her...
Fortunately, she will find what she needed on the ship—some bird man that she remembers had been helping people when they crashed into this world, tending to their wounds, and he was more than happy to see to hers when she had asked, without a price.
Truly, the kindness of some people in this world was sickening.
She would need to find a quick and easy route to the Naughtilust before returning back to Nogard if only to get these lingering thoughts out of her head, but in the end, she never does end up going. Not yet.]