[ When he sees her, he immediately doubts his own eyes. Doubts, because... because a lot of things. Because he's been in total darkness for a quarter of a year already and he knows that compromises anyone, regardless of the strength of their heart. Because he's been seeing things wash up that wear the face of his friend when he visits her grave everyday to remind himself which of these things is real.
Because Eleven is younger than she was when last they met.
Because she looks at him and speaks in that stilted, peculiar way of hers that seems out of practice, and Riku doesn't see a spark of recognition at all. She's confused in all the ways she was confused the last time.
So he doubts, his expression is strange, he lifts a hand to rub with thumb and knuckle both of his eyes and looks again but she's still there. ]
...It's a game.
[ Why? Why does she come back? How did she come back? She didn't simply wander off into the forest and get lost. She's younger, he saw her walk off the ferry with the rest. How does she come back and not- ]
You're supposed to search for what's on that list and take a picture with it.
[ Riku, hair silver in spite of his youth, holds out a hand for her tablet. Patiently. Quietly. And in his heart burns a question, angry, but he takes that anger and puts it away with all the rest of his darker thoughts, stored up for when he needs them. ]
A. Scavenger Hunt
Because Eleven is younger than she was when last they met.
Because she looks at him and speaks in that stilted, peculiar way of hers that seems out of practice, and Riku doesn't see a spark of recognition at all. She's confused in all the ways she was confused the last time.
So he doubts, his expression is strange, he lifts a hand to rub with thumb and knuckle both of his eyes and looks again but she's still there. ]
...It's a game.
[ Why? Why does she come back? How did she come back? She didn't simply wander off into the forest and get lost. She's younger, he saw her walk off the ferry with the rest. How does she come back and not- ]
You're supposed to search for what's on that list and take a picture with it.
[ Riku, hair silver in spite of his youth, holds out a hand for her tablet. Patiently. Quietly. And in his heart burns a question, angry, but he takes that anger and puts it away with all the rest of his darker thoughts, stored up for when he needs them. ]
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