Closed to Tomorrowland theatre group

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It was a usual day - Setsuna figured Katou was back at the theatre, because otherwise he wasn't to sure where Katou went during the times he, Kira and Sara weren't at "home". At some point, though, he realized he'd forgotten his mirror back at the theatre. Damning his absent mind, he returned to the theatre to fetch it, and say hi to Katou while he did.

[ooc: Katou's turn. Will get to 'Hime responses tonight.]

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Setsuna looked up and flatly asked, "Then what were you dreaming about?" before scooting close to Katou, aiming to snuggle him as he talked. And what exactly could he DO for Katou? Could he help? Could he make it easier on him? Who could he ask about these things?

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Katou wrapped an arm around Setsuna. "The war, I guess," he said quietly. "People dying. Sometimes I don't remember what I dream about, and I really only remember bits and pieces of what I dreamed about today."

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Carefully, Setsuna asked, "What parts do you remember this time? You don't have to tell me if you don't want to. I just...." Setsuna took a deep breath then admitted, "I just want to help, Yuu-chan."

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"You don't need to help me," Katou said, "I already talked to Virgil about it." He frowned, closed his eyes, and tried to remember. "Blood," he said. "I remember a lot of blood. Lucifer was there. He was stabbing me... like when I lost my arm. There was so much blood, lots of death."

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Setsuna felt slightly useless being told that, but didn't know what to say, so he just listened. If that's all he could do, then he'd do that. For once.

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"Setsuna, I know it might look like I'm in trouble or something, but please don't wake me up again. I might do something I regret." He paused. "And definitely tell Kira not to wake me up, because I get really confused when I first wake up, and I know that I'll hurt him."

He sighed, and hugged Setsuna again. "Was there anything else you wanted to know?"

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"But," Setsuna started, arguing again, "I don't think that's wise. If you're constantly reliving this stuff, it's not good for you, Yuu-chan. It can't be."

When asked if he wanted to know anything else, though, Setsuna wordlessly shook his head. What the hell was he supposed to do in this kind of situation?

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"I'd rather relive it than hurt you, or Kira, or Sara," Katou said. "I promise you I'll be fine no matter how many times I relive it. I do it enough when I'm awake anyway. Want some ice cream?"

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"...." Setsuna just looked more troubled to hear that. Not that he wanted Katou ever hurting Kira or Sara - he'd be sure to tell them not to wake Katou. Especially since Katou might immediately recognize Kira as Kira and not Lucifer.

"Yuu-chan, I just don't think it's a good sign you're reliving it, even awake. Are you sure there's nothing that can help you?" Setsuna tried again, looking up at Katou with imploring eyes.

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Katou sighed. "I really don't think there is," Katou said. "I mean, unless you've become a shrink since yesterday. I'm not even sure if a shrink could help me, really. This is the sorta thing that happens when people come back from a war though. It's like, Post Trainwreck Symptom or something."

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"Well, maybe there's a shrink here, and maybe they can help a little bit," Setsuna insisted, having this information now thrust into the light for him. "You never know, Yuu-chan." And if Katou wasn't going to look? Setsuna would.

As for the other stuff.... "Post Trainwreck Symptom? What's that?"

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"It's... when people come back from a war they have it," said Katou, scratching the side of his head. "Virgil says that because of it, it's normal if I can't sleep or have these shitty nightmares or whatever."

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Now that Setsuna understood - not nearly half as well through personal experience if he was from the same time as Katou - well enough his expression changed to recognition instead of confusion as he applied the word to reactions and things he did understand.

Then quickly he had to say, "Nothing happened to me," and pointed to Katou. "He's having bad dreams. And you're never, ever supposed to wake him up during them."

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"Yeah," Katou said, frowning to himself. "But whatever, it's' not that big a deal. Just leave me alone when I sleep and we'll all be fine." Actually, it might be a good idea if Kira was nowhere around when Katou work up, as he usually tended to remain confused once he was awake, but he didn't want to say that much now. They'd cross that bridge if they came to it.

"Anyway, who's up for some ice cream?"

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Setsuna listened to them both, but just kept frowning. Maybe it was pointless to further poke Katou about things, and what else could he do? And he heard what Kira said, but that probably wouldn't stop Setsuna from waking Katou next time he was suffering like that. It really got the kid.

"What kind of ice cream do you want?" Setsuna asked, getting side-tracked. He wasn't stupid, but...he considered it might be a bad thing to make Katou talk about those things. And cruel, too. Ice cream was better, and it would keep them all happy. Right?

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"What, you don't want ice cream, Kiki-chan?" Katou asked, grinning. "Alright Se-chan, it's just you and me." He hooked arms with Setsuna. "Maybe chocolate-strawberry swirl. What do you want?"