[ He takes the coin from Nene, which he presumably asked for without much explanation and she agreed to lend him for a minute -- so the words echo earnest gratitude. For trusting him when he's said so little, for giving him her time and joining him all the way over here... a lot of things, really, packed up within two small words. His fingers tremble slightly as they turn the item, trying to ascertain which facet is which; but he does his best not to let her see it.
It's been a long few days. ]
I'm sorry... I don't know if this will really do anything. It might turn out nothing... but I promise I'll explain a little later.
[ He hasn't told her much; because the story is so convoluted he wouldn't know where to start, and the more he says, the more he risks her thinking he's going crazy. He himself can't guarantee that he isn't, to be honest. So all he's said is he might have found a use for the coin, and asked her to come here, and now there they are. Standing in the art room in front of the gorinto set up in Aiko Okane's memory, which he doesn't want to risk Nene touching because... well, we all know what that does in this school.
So after taking the coin, he'll carefully place it atop the stones with the text side facing upwards, the way the gorinto on the left had been in the burning wing of the run-down version of the school. ]
may 14th (slight backdate), aiko's gorinto in the art room
[ He takes the coin from Nene, which he presumably asked for without much explanation and she agreed to lend him for a minute -- so the words echo earnest gratitude. For trusting him when he's said so little, for giving him her time and joining him all the way over here... a lot of things, really, packed up within two small words. His fingers tremble slightly as they turn the item, trying to ascertain which facet is which; but he does his best not to let her see it.
It's been a long few days. ]
I'm sorry... I don't know if this will really do anything. It might turn out nothing... but I promise I'll explain a little later.
[ He hasn't told her much; because the story is so convoluted he wouldn't know where to start, and the more he says, the more he risks her thinking he's going crazy. He himself can't guarantee that he isn't, to be honest. So all he's said is he might have found a use for the coin, and asked her to come here, and now there they are. Standing in the art room in front of the gorinto set up in Aiko Okane's memory, which he doesn't want to risk Nene touching because... well, we all know what that does in this school.
So after taking the coin, he'll carefully place it atop the stones with the text side facing upwards, the way the gorinto on the left had been in the burning wing of the run-down version of the school. ]