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[moonlitrequiem]

[Wearing a jacket, beach sand behind her, Yin is well aware she hasn't been around for a month - she checked the network and noticed the date - but she doesn't address that. The video shows her stockings and shoes nearby. Unseen by the screen are her bare feet in the water.]

[Hei, July and Mao are likely getting visits from her specter as she runs this.]

[She might look just a slight more worn than she looked before her disappearance, but not many people would even notice that. You would have to have noticed she was looking down in the first place.]

For those that arrived while I was away, welcome to the City. I hope you have received sufficient information on your location and the situation you've been placed in. If not, the Welcome Center might still provide help.

[Yep, that's it.]

[Click.]

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[anunluckypenny]

Then it's yours! You can start again whenever you're up to it, okay? If you want to take a little while to settle in?

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[moonlitrequiem]

I will go in tomorrow, and Monday return to my regular schedule.

If that is acceptable?

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[anunluckypenny]

Of course, whatever works for you.

[She wants to insist that Yin take more time off to readjust and see her friends, but she's been around the girl enough to guess that she'll refuse. Regardless...]

Yin? Would you tell me if you needed something?

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[moonlitrequiem]

[There is only a nod. It would be fine with her.]

[But to Penny's question, Yin honestly shakes her head. Telling other people of her needs isn't something she is programmed to do, nor does she understand the concept. Nor does she always understand her needs.]

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[anunluckypenny]

[That... isn't exactly unexpected. Penny can't think of anything to do but look after Yin as much as possible. The girl and the smaller boy--July--have the same kind of brokenness about them, and Yin doesn't seem to have anyone taking care of her.

There's something incredibly sad about that--sadder than Yin's apparent lack of concern about her own well-being.]

Okay. Just checking.

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[moonlitrequiem]

[She thinks Hei does well enough to help her, but no one knows about him. Or the fact she lives with a talking cat.]

[She isn't entirely sure how Penny should be responded to, either. She got her answers.... But it doesn't seem enough. After all, this woman she barely knows keeps showing genuine concern for her, something Yin isn't accustomed to. Still, she says nothing else.]

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[anunluckypenny]

[Children--no, no one--should have to fend entirely for themselves; that's a lonely, rough existence. It's as simple as that.

It's okay if Yin doesn't reply.]

I'll catch you later.

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[moonlitrequiem]

[She nods, and while it's only a small, quiet part of her, Yin realizes she looks forward to when they talk again. Probably at work, so it won't be long.]