[ That makes her freeze in her tracks for a couple seconds. Why did he have to remind her? Ion dying was just about the worst thing that ever happened to her, and even here, where he's no longer dead, the event is still something that weighs on her heavily. Here, where she's doing everything she can not to let anything happen to Ion again. Even knowing some things she still doesn't understand.
Arietta hugs her plush tightly, then takes off again, not looking back. ]
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Arietta hugs her plush tightly, then takes off again, not looking back. ]
Leave me alone!