[He picks up the rest of the medals that Sebastian had been carrying first, before pausing to look (if "look" is the right word) at the new one. A Hawk medal in two jagged halves. He was right; there weren't any more that were whole.
Almost hesitantly, he picks up one of the halves, and he's struck with all the memories of Hina that he's still missing. How she came to the woods to make sure he was alright, how she held his hand the night before that last battle, and how he spent the last of his energy to give her one last smile. It takes him a moment to pick up the other side and fill in the last of the missing pieces. How when he thought Eiji was going to kill him, what he did instead was say "thank you." How Eiji wasn't the one who broke that medal, and Ankh gave up what was left of his life willingly...
Oh. Damn that cat. He thought he knew what the missing memories were, but he did lose something important, after all. He might have something to say about that later; for now, he punches the floor.
There's a long moment spent just sitting there, holding the medals and trying to process those memories. He hears (if "hears" is the right word) the lock fall, but he doesn't care, too wrapped up in just how wrong his assumptions had been. Thankfully there's no one else around to bother him, though he wonders if that's by design. He'd been passingly aware of the people who had shattered coming back. He can't feel their presence now, and he's not sure whether it's because he doesn't have the ability or because they just aren't there. Either seems possible from what he's seen so far.
It's fine, either way. He doesn't need them anymore, and they don't need to see him now, or whatever might still be waiting for him up the stairs. Eventually, he picks himself up and continues on alone.]
Re: Puzzle: Solved
Almost hesitantly, he picks up one of the halves, and he's struck with all the memories of Hina that he's still missing. How she came to the woods to make sure he was alright, how she held his hand the night before that last battle, and how he spent the last of his energy to give her one last smile. It takes him a moment to pick up the other side and fill in the last of the missing pieces. How when he thought Eiji was going to kill him, what he did instead was say "thank you." How Eiji wasn't the one who broke that medal, and Ankh gave up what was left of his life willingly...
Oh. Damn that cat. He thought he knew what the missing memories were, but he did lose something important, after all. He might have something to say about that later; for now, he punches the floor.
There's a long moment spent just sitting there, holding the medals and trying to process those memories. He hears (if "hears" is the right word) the lock fall, but he doesn't care, too wrapped up in just how wrong his assumptions had been. Thankfully there's no one else around to bother him, though he wonders if that's by design. He'd been passingly aware of the people who had shattered coming back. He can't feel their presence now, and he's not sure whether it's because he doesn't have the ability or because they just aren't there. Either seems possible from what he's seen so far.
It's fine, either way. He doesn't need them anymore, and they don't need to see him now, or whatever might still be waiting for him up the stairs. Eventually, he picks himself up and continues on alone.]