Doing that veteran thing...

[inexecution]

Did anyone else notice the train seems to loop back on itself?

[That sudden psychic broadcast is brought to you with a great deal of excitement, because of course it is. For those new Travelers who didn't already get an introduction via Joscelin, welcome to the Psychic network! Confusion is to be expected. It's okay, Souji's got your back.]

And I saw some new faces while I was walking around, so, hello! This is probably confusing, but don't worry. You can ask pretty much anyone here for help, we're used to it by now. I'm Souji, by the way. [Well, one of them, anyway...] Don't worry. This is all perfectly normal. [...ish.]

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[inexecution]

[And that gets a bit of a mental 'laugh.']

I don't know... I'm not sure we listen all that well.

[inexecution]

Oh. I don't know. I don't really know very much about trains to begin with.

[inexecution]

Souji Okita. Ah... the shorter one.

[Because he had to differentiate somehow.]

There are two of us.

[inexecution]

It's all right. It's all in the past now, anyway.

[He appreciates her concern, but it's something he'd rather not think about at all. So far as he's concerned, there's no point in talking about something he can't change.]

He already knows about it.

[More than he himself does, he suspects, but he's not about to ask]

[upcard]

Oh...

[Of course he does. They've all been here way longer than she has. She shouldn't be meddling in this sort of thing.]

R-right... I understand. I'm sorry if I caused any trouble, I truly am...

[hakodate]

How it ended, mostly. Shit just snapped back out of it - space getting weird, memories coming back. And there were a bunch of voices.

I didn't catch much, but I got "showing our hand" from one of them.

[kamiizumi]

As sure as you can reasonably be about Liminal Space. It likes to change on us, but there's enough repetition to more than allow for a little bit of that.

[inexecution]

No, it's really not your fault. I appreciate what you were trying to do, and you were right to try.

[He's quiet for a moment, grateful that they're not face to face, so he doesn't have to worry about what expression is on his face]

But if we ever talk and I seem the same as I did then... don't try to deal with it yourself. Find Hijikata, instead.

[It's not a warning he really wants to have to give, but the way he'd feel if something ever happened to her because of him overrode the shame he felt about it.]

[surveyor]

Souji. [...Welp, consider yourself Souji the first, bro.] My name's Levi.

[THE ONLY ONE HERE as far as he knows. ...A good thing, too, because he'd probably be 'the shorter one' too and fuck if he's saying that. His life is so hard.]

[upcard]

...Okay!

[She's really honestly very happy that he gave her directions. Next time it happens, she'll know what to do. She won't be useless. It'll be okay.

She's so happy.]

I'll do that for sure, so...so you can count on me!

[inexecution]

[He's a little surprised that she agrees so readily without asking any more questions, but he's also grateful for it.]

Thank you. I appreciate it.