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[sun_showers]

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[windandrain]

For a long moment, Saori is silent, visibly shaken by the memory she'd called up. It had been worse than she'd expected, seeing Yuuna's reaction, and seeing the boy like that again...and she feels more than a little foolish.

And she's thinking too. It's not an empty promise, not entirely. The whole point of waking her lover up early today was to show her just how necessary training was. Growth, and becoming a more capable fighter were important. Yuuna saw that now, hopefully.

Still trembling herself, Saori shuts her eyes and leans into the hug, exhaling long, slow breaths. This is the woman she's chosen to spend her life with. The woman she loved, the woman she'd willingly die to save. It was upsetting, being in this place...but up till now she hadn't thought how upsetting it was to have Yuuna here. And equally upsetting was the knowledge that she couldn't have made it much longer on her own. She needed Yuuna to help protect her in heart and mind as much as Yuuna might need her.

"This is going to be...daily. We'll have to work at this. Become harder...be-become stronger. The Third Party...the Dream Shifters...t-they've done awful t-things and they have such t-terrible power."

[sun_showers]

"Okay. We'll train daily. I'm alright with that." She gives her a squeeze, standing back and doing her absolute best to smile, though it's hard. It's hard to try to be happy about any of this. Being bright and cheerful just seemed a little out of place, as much as she wants to bring comfort.

"Are you going to be okay, dear?"

[windandrain]

Are you going to be okay?

That question is like a thunderbolt going through her. It's a hard question to answer. In truth, she has no idea. Not anymore. Fear, worry, anger, all of it just piling up like it has the last few months...since July. And mixing with joy and love...it's made for a volatile combination.

But for now...she nods.

"I...think I will, for now. I think I'd like to sit and rest. I don't think I can stomach any more training today. Mental conditioning or physical training. Do you?"

[sun_showers]

"Resting. Yes, I'd like that. I don't think I'm really up to doing any more training today either." What she'd seen thus far had been mentally wracking enough. It was something she'd have to contemplate before she could muster the focus to do any sort of training again, because there'd come a time where she'd have to view those horrors and keep herself from screaming in fear.

She takes Saori's hand, and begins to lead her out. "Let's go home, all I want to do is lie down for a while. I think you should too."

[windandrain]

Nodding, Saori lets herself be led, leaning heavily against Yuuna. It was going to be a long, long road for sure but they had to do it. For each other and the people here...they just needed to be able to fight. There would be happy times, too, but they'd relaxed far too much.

"I agree. Maybe...ice cream and a movie. That might be good."

[sun_showers]

"Good idea. I'll get a whole tub of it for us, and a bunch of fudge too. It'll be a nice night."

One that hopefully will let them take their minds off of today's training. Of course it would be important for the both of them to always remind themselves of where they were, and the enemies they faced. But at the same time, they couldn't be tense constantly. The stress would drive them mad, and Yuuna knows that too. If she could make her honey loosen up a little, she would. She doesn't like to see her hurt like this. It hurt almost as much to look at her as Saori might hurt herself.

[windandrain]

"Vanilla...not chocolate, if we're having fudge."

It's not that she wants to grind them both into the dust and turn them into killing machines. That's Vegeta's job, and she guesses there are others too...but she doesn't want either of them to forget. Stress is a part of the conditioning, which she's never had to worry about on their gallivants around Earth...but this is definitely not Earth. Bad things will happen and it's important to mentally prepare for the worst when you're a soldier, after all. But the last thing she wants to do is upset Yuuna, make her hurt. It's inevitable, here...but that doesn't mean she can't provide some sort of buffer.

For now though, time to relax.

"What movie, do you think?"