[ there's something very specific that gets to her this time.
the fact that stelle made sure to be on time. this - this is something she's doing on purpose. and this time she went out of her way to hold her still and to reassure her as soon as she returned from the void.
and that's when she really, truly understands.
stelle is here. her servant, her girlfriend, the only person she can really truly trust...she's here. and she'll always be here. even her mother - even cecilia wasn't there when K-423 woke up. how could she have been?
no, there was only one person who ever managed that. bella. and the dragon that protected K-423 was hardly bella anymore by that point - just a shambling dead husk that remembered what was important to it.
stelle...is still here. she's still stelle. that stupid woman sitting there, holding her, tied to her, mangling her language so genuinely.
before she dies for a third time, she frantically tries to tap into finality to send stelle a message - blazingly painful as usual.
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the fact that stelle made sure to be on time. this - this is something she's doing on purpose. and this time she went out of her way to hold her still and to reassure her as soon as she returned from the void.
and that's when she really, truly understands.
stelle is here. her servant, her girlfriend, the only person she can really truly trust...she's here. and she'll always be here. even her mother - even cecilia wasn't there when K-423 woke up. how could she have been?
no, there was only one person who ever managed that. bella. and the dragon that protected K-423 was hardly bella anymore by that point - just a shambling dead husk that remembered what was important to it.
stelle...is still here. she's still stelle. that stupid woman sitting there, holding her, tied to her, mangling her language so genuinely.
before she dies for a third time, she frantically tries to tap into finality to send stelle a message - blazingly painful as usual.
Ya tebya lyublyu.
and then, once more, her eyes shut. ]