[It's said thoughtlessly and softly, to quiet and quell the girl near her. Natalie can tell that she isn't okay. She doubts that any of them are, really, except anyone who happens to lack basic empathy... And Xion isn't among that list, clearly.
She doesn't answer the question for a long moment. She wants to say yes, but she has no faith that it would be convincing, and she can't just come out and say she isn't okay. That isn't how she works.]
We can talk about it later. [As she ushers her into the hotel:] When's the last time you ate?
[Of course, the last sight both of them saw is something that she's certain must have ruined any appetite the younger girl had, but...]
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[It's said thoughtlessly and softly, to quiet and quell the girl near her. Natalie can tell that she isn't okay. She doubts that any of them are, really, except anyone who happens to lack basic empathy... And Xion isn't among that list, clearly.
She doesn't answer the question for a long moment. She wants to say yes, but she has no faith that it would be convincing, and she can't just come out and say she isn't okay. That isn't how she works.]
We can talk about it later. [As she ushers her into the hotel:] When's the last time you ate?
[Of course, the last sight both of them saw is something that she's certain must have ruined any appetite the younger girl had, but...]