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[It may be a rainy day today, but the rain hasn't stopped Emil from going outside anyway. In fact, he doesn't seem like he even notices it as he sits on a large rock near the bridge by the clinic, knees drawn up to his chest, just sort of staring at the water. He's motionless except for when he occasionally reaches down to pick up a stone from the riverbank and throw it in, so it's easy to miss him sitting there.

Horatio, Luke, Faize, and now Frederic... and that's just the people whose disappearances he learned of during the past month. At this rate it's hard for him to keep from feeling that the Malnosso are somehow punishing him by taking his friends away-- why else would they take people who had promised to be there for him? And on top of that, people have been killed and injured, too...

Right now more than ever, Emil just wants to go home to Richter, Marta and Tenebrae, even if he doesn't know what waits for him there. Surely it's better than this.]

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[Emil looks up at the speaker, but he's not going to greet him just yet, instead hesitating and trying to gauge what he's up to. He knows very well that Yuan doesn't like him, so why is the guy trying to make conversation?]

[Now now, "doesn't like" is an awfully big statement. He doesn't like Ratatosk, but that the moment he's neutral on Emil himself. Let's try this again.] Shouldn't you go find shelter?

[Emil shakes his head.]

N-no, I'm fine-- it's really not that cold out here.

[That just earns him a frown.] Nobody said anything about the cold.

[Oops.]

The rain doesn't bother me either.

I wonder if you'll still feel that way when you're stuck in bed with a fever.

I haven't been sick for a few months now...

An incredibly foolish way of thinking. You're better off avoiding sicknesses to keep that record clean.

Who says I'm going to get sick just by being out in the rain anyway?

Then do as you please. Let's see what you gain from being out here for too long.

Fine, then I will.

[Damn, that kid is thick. On the plus side, if he does come down with the flu, Ratatosk would be out of commission for a while as well.]

... Stubbornness isn't always a flattering trait. [And with that, he turns to leave. Retort, yes or no?]

... I'm not being stubborn, I just...

[He honestly isn't sure he knows anymore, and he's not sure he cares either.]

[He pauses in his tracks for that.] Either stubborn or stupid. Pick whichever you prefer, but personally, I'd rather be neither.

[Pot calling the kettle black, of course. Yuan is ridiculously stubborn.]

If I...

[He swallows hard.]

If you hate me because of something Ratatosk did, then... I'm sorry, even if I don't know what it was.

[Well, that sure got Yuan's attention again. He turns to face Emil, crossing his arms.]

Quick to make assumptions, aren't you? Who said anything like that?

Well... usually if someone is angry with me and I don't know why, it's because of something Ratatosk did.

I'm not- [He shakes his head, before trying again.] I'm telling you to get out of the rain and if you stay here, I doubt I'm the only one.

[Emil just shakes his own head in response.]

Thanks, but I'm really okay. I'll go inside if I start feeling cold.

Then I'll take your word for it. [Turning to leave again. What is it with Yuan having to watch over tree spirits?]

[Because tree spirits are derpy, clearly.]

... thank you.

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