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[viva_la_materia]

[The letters are scrawled, and slightly wobbly.]

Has anybody seen Night lately?

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[viva-la-materia.livejournal.com]

Is he? I mean, I dunno, he's a really good fighter but he bleeds like anybody else, I mean, he bled all over me one time when we were fighting this monster thing. And if it's the Tree

[Pause, then strike. She feels like she's jinxing Night's life just mentioning it.]

[weaver-girl.livejournal.com]

I think I'm going to drop by the Watch headquarters. Just to... make sure, you know?

[viva-la-materia.livejournal.com]

That would probably be good.

Can you, um, tell me what they say? 'Cause he's my rival and everything, so nobody's allowed to mess with him but me!

[weaver-girl.livejournal.com]

[Insert some time here.]

They haven't seen him. And that's good because he hasn't been arrested or found somewhere, but bad because the Watch patrols the whole Sphere. I told them he was missing, anyway. I think that's pretty certain by now.

I really, really hope he's all right.

[viva-la-materia.livejournal.com]

The whole

Somebody up there says he hasn't been to work in about a week, either. Kage...

[weaver-girl.livejournal.com]

[Juhani's comment gave her an idea. Insert more time here. Then hasty scribbling that is struck out almost at once.]

He's still alive. I promise you. He's in the Sphere somewhere.

[viva-la-materia.livejournal.com]

Are you sure? How do you know?

[She doesn't dare mention her brother, or King, or Void, or...well, anyway, Kagerou knows.]

...if you want explanatory quicklog that works for me, but no more on the journal.

[weaver-girl.livejournal.com]

Yes. Not here.