[The embrace should not surprise her, and yet her shoulders stiffen. Her breath hitches and there's a part of Illya - the little girl that loved climbing into her Mother's lap and finding chestnuts with Kitsugu - that wants to cling to her, to cry.
She fights down her tears, but she does raise her arms to hug Iri.]
You... You didn't come back. Neither of you came back!
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She fights down her tears, but she does raise her arms to hug Iri.]
You... You didn't come back. Neither of you came back!