a herd of cats

[schardynfreude]

Chiron had threatened/promised Rei, after all. He lets it sit for a while, mostly because frantically motions to Acedia and all that entails, but at some point, he invites everyone to dinner at a terribly fancy little inn. The text is...perhaps ominous.

I believe it's time we all talked about the garula in the room.
(and then, when he realizes not everyone has those animals in their worlds:)
The bird in the room? The bird and her twin in the room.
(chiron buddy that doesn't clear anything up)

He seems terribly pleasant to an obnoxious degree at the meal, probably still oscillating wildly betwixt what seem to be disparate personalities, but it's Fine, Don't Worry About It, because he's here to talk about Birdie. And Rei.

The girls do not have to be present. But they are most certainly invited.

He dings his glass like he's about to make a toast, because that's the kind of shithead we're being today. "I think it's time for a little family meeting, hm? To get to the bottom of the stories of our young girls and their tumultuous histories. So that we are, of course, all on the same page, moving forward." He is, of course, talking about Rei and Birdie, whose name is not Birdie, but we'll get to that, probably, and also anyway the nickname has stuck and she has to Deal With It.

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[schardynfreude]

"Attachments weigh us down, now?" Chiron frowns at the thought. "Some of us might actually like our attachments, you know. Or did you want to see us all off and be alone entirely, with nothing but you and your other half?"

[phantasmagorial]

Rei shrinks back in her seat a little. Intentionally or otherwise, it's clear he's struck a nerve.

"... I, um..." The way she stumbles over her words makes it even more clear that she hasn't thought that far ahead – or maybe, that she's been making an intentional effort not to. "... th–that's something we can work out once the Cogs are functioning again... isn't it?"

[daughterofthemark]

Veil, who has definitely been here all along, reaches to take Rei's hand. It's a a gesture meant to be comforting, of course. Ideally, then, Rei will understand the spirit in which her following question is intended.

"Is it? When the Cogs begin functioning again, will we be afforded an opportunity to discuss our next steps?"