[ Verso. Junpei recognizes the name immediately. Alicia's mentioned him before. Seeing the text now, though, fills him with dread. Why would her brother be reaching out unless it was with bad news? But delaying his reply won't make the bad news any less real. Junpei takes a deep breath and responds. ]
[ Yeah. He couldn't confirm it because he didn't know where she was staying, but that's about what he expected when his texts went unanswered. It doesn't lessen this gut punched feeling, though. ]
i appreciate you telling me and i'm sorry
she told me there's nothing for her to return to... but i don't understand if you guys are immortal then...how
[ The spiral of thoughts are sent without a single thought of his own. Unable to delete it, he quickly adds: ]
sorry maybe that's shit you don't wanna talk about
i just i wanted her to be happy and to have a taste of freedom it's not right that echo sent her back
no subject
yeah, that's me
what's up, man?
no subject
[ Would she have mentioned him? Probably, Verso is pretty sure Junpei has met Renoir, something that still makes him distinctly uneasy, but. ]
She's gone home. Just thought you'd like to know.
no subject
i appreciate you telling me
and i'm sorry
she told me there's nothing for her to return to...
but i don't understand
if you guys are immortal
then...how
[ The spiral of thoughts are sent without a single thought of his own. Unable to delete it, he quickly adds: ]
sorry
maybe that's shit you don't wanna talk about
i just
i wanted her to be happy
and to have a taste of freedom
it's not right
that echo sent her back