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Of course.

[Like she would leave any of them, even Gilgamesh, to a fate at the end of a noose, when there's a number of them still free and able-bodied.]

I'm sure Pearl will want to see you, if only to make sure you're alright.

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[ Actually, about that-- ]

If I may ask a favour? Please be delicate with Pearl. I fear she will let her fear bind her into knots.

[ If there's anyone she trusts to get her out of deep shit like this, it's Riza and Pearl. ]

And Riza?

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I'll do my best.

[As for the other thing:]

Yes?

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I apologize. For being trapped like this--for letting you down.

I should have been more careful.

[ You just got the most shounen protag of disney princesses to say she should have been more careful, be proud of yourself. And it's not really out of any regret for her action or inaction, it's more out of a reflexive indignation at putting Riza in dire straits like this.

ALASTAIR will mobilize, she's sure of it. That won't make it easy, and she'd do anything to be on the other side of these cell bars. ]

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[Of all the things Riza expects to hear Kida utter, an apology is at the very bottom of that list, so low it doesn't even cross her mind as a possibility. Her next message comes delayed, surprise momentarily clearing her mind of rational thought before anger comes creeping in. At Kida, for believing she'd needed to apologize in the first place. At ALASTAIR, for playing God with the lives of so many different people. At herself, for being unable to complete one of the few goals she'd set for herself.]

We're all to blame for this happening.

[And really, if anyone's been a letdown this entire time surely it must be ALASTAIR, but there's little to gained from petty finger-pointing and accusations.]

We'll find a way to get all of you out of there and we'll take what we've learned from this to make sure it doesn't happen again.

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[ In Atlantis, her life was orderly. She knew where everything was, how everything worked, and where her place lied in the grand scheme of things.

She's never hit her limit quite as hard as she has now, not in eight thousand years.

She's learning there's so much she's simply never been exposed to, never learned about, couldn't even have fathomed, from the feeling of seeing a homeless orphan to the impossible vastness of the night sky. She's learning how tiny she is, and how great the powers of the world are.

Her teammates in ALASTAIR are counting on her. Her people are counting on her. She doesn't have the leisure for making costly mistakes. ]

I believe in you. You have my every confidence, Riza.

We will speak again soon.

[ It's the last message for today. Too much staring at her bracelet will surely cause suspicion. ]