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Well hey everyone, it's been kinda quiet lately hasn't it? I don't know about all of you but a lot sure has happened since I got here, so all this quiet is a little weird. Especially after fighting all the Risen for a while back home, but hey they're all supposed to be gone now, aren't they?

[Henry clears his throat a bit, and those who happen to be very good at reading others might notice that his ever-present smile tightens just a little. It's not quite forcing it, but there's definitely something on his mind.]

So because of all that I just said, I gotta ask a question. Has anyone seen a woman named Robin? Usually wears a big purple coat that might be a bit too big for her, and her collar is blue. It all kinda matches. Anyway, I haven't seen her the last few days and because nothing's happened, maybe one of you know something. Or maybe even hurt her!

[His smile widens a bit, and there's no mistaking the tinge of malice to it. A warning.]

And if it's that, I'll make sure you pay, oh yes someone will pay. Thank you~.

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You're missing a friend?

[ Totally missing the malice. Or maybe she does notice it, but it doesn't faze her in the slightest - Urotsuki looks as calm and blank as ever. ]

.. I can go look for her. I think someone with a coat like that isn't hard to miss.. probably.

You'll help me? You're the best, I really appreciate it! [And he does mean every word, even if part of him still wants to call for blood if anything happened to Robin.]

Just don't go getting lost yourself, I'll get worried about you.

Hmm, I know it well here. I don't think I could get lost. [ But that's not the surprising part. The part that makes her stop and blink for a moment comes after it, and it takes a moment for her to even take it in. ] .. But.. you'd be.. worried? About me..?

[ As if she can't believe anyone would be. ]

Of course I would be! Thing is, I really like you. So if anything happens to you, I think I might be sad. Now you gotta make sure it doesn't, okay? [It was a little weird, other than Robin he didn't think that he'd make that many other friends while he's here.

Then again, the Shepherds did weeeird things to him.]

.. I won't let something happen to me. I definitely won't. [ It's a little more firm than her usual tone. After all, she made him promise the same thing to her, it would be unfair if she didn't put all of herself into it! ]

Um.. maybe there's a time I can't help it, that's happened before.. but I'll try my best.

Wha—? It's happened before? Now you gotta tell me how, did you know that?

[WHO DOES HE HAVE TO KILL, UROTSUKI...]

[ SHE DOESN'T KNOW YET JUST HOW HENRY IS A LOT LIKE HER IN THAT SENSE, OKAY.. not.. yet... ]

Well, last Halloween we all got to dress up for Halloween. But the costume the people in charge gave me was a little tight. So it choked me until I died. [ She says it surprisingly calmly. Like dying is just the same as taking a nap or something. Even if it might as well be in this place. ]

That's it? It was a shirt that killed you? [Laaaame, needs more blood and guts in it. Or he would think so with any other person, right now he just would like to know who.]

[ She nods. ]

Um, I guess.. and a mask too. It was an outfit like one of those serial killers from movies on TV. You know, with a hockey mask and all so other people will think they're scary.

Movies? I don't know what that is, think you could show me after I figure out what the heck happened to Robin?

Uh-huh, I could. It's sad if you've never seen a movie, they're really, really fun. I know most of them.

[ If not just since she's spent days on end watching them alone in her room.. if it wasn't for this place and her dreams she might just have run out already, really. ]

What kind of stories do you like? While I'm looking, I can try to think of one to show you.

Anything with lots of blood and death is great for me! But if there's something out there in those movie things that you really like, I'd watch them all with you! [Watch him be utterly transfixed once he actually encounters one.]

Whatever makes you happy, that's fine with me.

... [ At first she blinks like she's surprised. But then it's almost like it's more than that, since she seems near-flustered for a moment, her cheeks lighting up slightly. ]

You.. want whatever makes me happy..?

Yup! I've told you before haven't I? I really like you, and even regular people like seeing their friends happy, so that goes double for me! [But hey, why did she look surprised there for a sec?]

Is that wrong?

Um.. well.. nobody ever told me something like that.

[ Sure, Kidou did like her, but he never said specifically that - and he's the one who came the closest to it in the end, after all. ]

So.. i-it's not wrong, it's just.. different. In a good way, I think..

Huh, really? That's a real bummer, but no one's really ever told me that either. Guess it's not too unusual then!

[She doesn't seem upset at least, and that's good by Henry's book.]

I-- I want what makes you happy too!

[ It's really, really weirdly emotional. For anyone else's standards it might only be a little emotional, but considering just how blank Urotsuki is 98% of the time, this seriously is a lot. It's almost like she jumps up as she says it pretty forcefully. ]

[And it's noticeable enough that even Henry pauses for a moment, this was more than what he's seen out of her so far.

So that smile of his might be a bit more genuine than it usually is.] But I am happy, don't you know?

.. Then.. I want to make you even more and more happy. So happy that you won't know what to do with all the happiness, that you feel like maybe you'll burst from it..

[ Because she has to do something to make him happy.

So he won't leave. ]

Wha? You mean... explode? [No, he has no idea what she really feels about that. All he can imagine is being so happy he would actually blow up from it.

And it's something he wouldn't mind one bit.]

[ HENRY WHEN EVEN UROTSUKI IS BETTER AT EMOTIONS THAT'S SAYING SOMETHING.. ]

No. Not explode.. well, not literally explode. It just means that you have so much happiness, that it'll fill you up completely, you'll feel like you'll never be sad anymore..

[They're both a little special that way sob...!]

Heh, if I ever get that happy, I would be really lucky. But I think it'd be better if it went to you, and if it does I'll help you out by sharing it a little. Because being so happy can also hurt, right? And I don't want to see you hurting because you're happy, ever.

.. Then we'll share it. No matter which one of us gets it.. we'll definitely share it.

[ That idea in itself is actually better to Urotsuki than the happiness itself, honestly. After all, it means doing something with another person, even if it's something as simple as sharing. ]

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