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[psycholawgy]

You've reached Athena Cykes. I'm currently unavailable, but leave a message and I'll get back to you pronto. Danke! (voice/call → text → video → action)

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[psycholawgy]

Is something the matter?

[projections]

Sakura hasn't been doing well lately because Rider went missing.

I'm just worried, that's all. [Having fun is hard when he has other things on his mind RIP....]

Could you let me know if you see her?

[psycholawgy]

Oh... [ not that shirou can see it, but her shoulders slump at the mention of somebody disappearing. ]

Sorry to hear. I'll be sure to do that, don't worry.

[projections]

Thanks Athena.

I know I can always count on you. [Athena's reassured him and he'll just try his best to not worry.]

[psycholawgy]

Are you also close to Rider?

[projections]

We aren't really close to each other, no. [Rider's one of those people he can never deal with mfw]

Rider was my enemy for a while.

She broke my ribs and tried to kill me before. I had to learn how to get along with her because she's Sakura's friend.

[psycholawgy]

Oh...

[ wow way to be a downer you little shit. WHAT CAN YOU EVEN SAY ABOUT THIS???? ]

You made me think of how it might be if someone close to me left, that's why I asked.

[projections]

Wouldn't you be upset if someone close to you left? [Athena really would miss them a lot too.]

We're lucky we still have people we're close to here.

[psycholawgy]

I really would be.

[ She says it kind of dryly, but inside she'd really be devastated. And that's all she says about that. ]

[projections]

You can never tell when someone might disappear and it's a little worrisome.

Don't let what I said bother you too much.

[psycholawgy]

[ She can't help but worry, now. Thanks! ]

A bit too late to say that.

[projections]

Damn, you're right. [Sighs and shakes his head.]

I can't take back what I said. [Nooooo]

Sorry for making you worry so much Athena.

[psycholawgy]

Heh heh, that's fine. It takes more than that to completely bring me down!

[projections]

You'll be all right. [Seems like he's pondering about something for a second.]

Hm, it might not be safe for Sakura to go out alone anymore. Do you mind checking up on her every now and then? She could always use someone to talk to.

[psycholawgy]

If that's a "yes" to letting us gossip about you, then I'll take it!

[ You don't want this, Shirou. ]

[projections]

I'll just have to accept the facts as they are.

You two are going to talk about the embarrassing things I've done at home. [Oh well.]

Have you done anything embarrassing Athena?

[psycholawgy]

[ She's done a lot, but she's never personally considered them embarrassing. ]

Not that I know of. Why?

[projections]

It's not fair if you get listen to my embarrassing stories.

I want to hear some of yours. [He is 5]

[psycholawgy]

Umm... are you sure?

[ Welp, she just thought of one. ]

[projections]

I'm sure.

You'll be hearing a lot of my embarrassing moments soon enough. [lord help them.] What have you done before?

[psycholawgy]

I used to think robots and humans worked the same! So when my robot bro— [ She was about to say "brother"... ] friend had some problems in the wiring in his arm, I thought I could fix it with bandages.

[projections]

Someone corrected you later.

Humans and robots don't work the same way. No, quite frankly I'm still not used to the idea of robots functioning similarly to humans.

I'm assuming it was normal for you?

[psycholawgy]

Ehehe... it was normal when I was a kid, yeah. It's funny, right?

[projections]

I wouldn't laugh at you for that. [Shakes his head slowly instead.]

You didn't know any better.

[psycholawgy]

Heh heh. Well, there's your story!

[ At least that was one thing she got over. If Shirou had asked more about robots and why it was normal for her as a kid, she'd retreat from the conversation. ]