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[It's been about a week since it happened. A week since he'd returned from his mallynap and forced under the demonic control of Sacrifar. Thanks to an intervention by Edward Elric, Haru was stopped, and the sword's control released over him was broken.

He'd spent the rest of the week in the clinic, unconscious from a combination of the strain the sword had placed on him, the wounds he'd suffered and severe exhaustion. Also maybe blunt force trauma from being hit by a metal arm. Maybe. Plue sat on top of him the entire time, watching him to see when he'd wake up. He'd come to on Monday, but his mind was kind of a fog, spending the day in a daze as he tried to piece together what had happened. It was only the following morning, after sleeping the previous night and his subconscious painting the picture together for him in a rather graphic nightmare, that the full weight of what had transpired truly hit him.]

I'M SORRYYYYYY!

[Haru, always having been the emotional sort, has tears streaming down his face. He takes a moment to sniffle, wiping his face with his bedsheets. Come on, Haru, don't cry all over the journal. That's just gross.]

I... [Sniff.] I know apologizing's not gonna make up for what I did last week... I hurt some people, and I caused a lot of damage, and I... [He doesn't want to admit that he also actually killed someone. He has no idea how he's ever going to cope with that one. He's never killed anyone before...]

But still... I'll say it a thousand times if I have to. I'm sorry! If I hurt you, I get it if you can't forgive me for what I did. I was way outta control there... But... I gotta make things right, somehow. So give me that chance. That's all I can really ask...

[He cuts off the feed there. He'll spend the rest of the day in the clinic, in case anyone would rather come see him.]

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[Now that he's acknowledged her, she's somewhat at a loss for words.

He wouldn't be expecting her and they were strangers, even if her name was a little more known around Luceti than others.]

... All right. [She pushes the door open completely, and steps inside.] Hello, Haru.

[He looks up once he hears his name mentioned, and that's when he notices his guest.]

Oh... Hey, Si-- ...Raine. [She's not his sister. She couldn't be his sister. His sister was Cattleya, and she was still back at home, waiting for him to someday come back to Garage Island.]

I heard you were here, so I thought I'd say hello. [Which she already did, but that's beside the point. She brings her basket down to rest on the table.] How are you holding up?

Heh... Well... [He grabs one of the apples from the basket and takes a bite of it.] ...I've fared better.

Considering where you are, I don't doubt that.

Yeah... I'm just glad I was stopped before more people were hurt...

Can you tell me what happened? I've only heard bits and pieces from the others.

... [There's a pause, as he thinks of how to explain it.]

...I was kidnapped by the Malnosso, and they sent me back under the influence of Sacrifar.

Sacrifar... [It sounds close to the word sacrifice. Is there a connection...?] I can't say I'm familiar with that. Is that something from your world? A spirit, of sorts?

[He shakes his head.] No, it's one of my swords.

Your sword had a power that could influence you?

[Haru nods. Yeah, that's right. A sword influenced him.]

I see... [It reminds her something of the Devil's arms now. And the one she still has in her room.] And this power is sealed off for now?

I can't "seal" it. [To seal it would require using Rune Save on Sacrifar, and he can't use it on itself!] It's a part of the sword.

I'm not... certain I understand. Is it just a property of the sword? A demon, a presence, or ...?

It's... Well, my sword can take ten different forms. Sacrifar is one of those forms. I'm not sure why old man Musica designed Sacrifar to be the way it is, honestly.

Can you, under normal circumstances, choose how you want to be influenced by this sword?

No way. It's too much for me. Once I go for Sacrifar, that's it, the end. That's why I'd never choose to use it. It's just way too risky.

Indeed... but somehow the Malnosso were able to manipulate that.

...R-right...

... I'm sorry, I'm probably not helping your recovery with all of these questions.

Nah, it's fine... It's not like I can really do much else while I'm stuck here.

Hm, well is there anything I could bring you that would help keep you occupied?

Yeah, bring me some way to get outta here. [he can't stand being confined like this.]

Well, I'd have to talk to whomever is looking after your wounds first. But if you only just woke up today, then I think you'll be in for observation for some time yet.

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