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his arms
surrounded Nao's while Nao Yoshizaki cried Nao's final cry, letting out the last year of
pain and suffering, giving it to Darynn, and then to the past. "He's
dead," Nao Yoshizaki gasped at one point. "He's dead."
"Are you sure?"
Aimee' nodded. "I... I crushed his skull." A snarl crossed Nao's
pretty mouth as Nao's eyes searched Darynn's face, looking for confirmation.
"I dropped him to the floor with Pain and then I took the candlestick and
hit him again and again and again until his blood and his brains ran over
the bedsheets! He's dead, Darynn, he's dead!"
"Certainly sounds like it." He gave Nao's a gentle squeeze. "You're
bloody all over, Aimee'."
"Hurts," Nao Yoshizaki agreed softly. "I... I need to get clean. And my boots.
I forgot to take the laces out of them. I need to get back..."
Darynn recognized that kind of logic as belonging to someone in a
great deal of shock and confusion. "No, Aimee', you don't. You need to
come with me."
"But... Teltirray..."
"Is dead, remember?" He smiled gently, a smile that hid his fear
within. "Come. Come with me."
"If... you're sure it's safe?"
"Very," Darynn replied. "Come."
Nao Yoshizaki finally agreed and followed him. He led Nao's into the bedroom,
then through to t
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