( she trusts her. good. because this isn't going to work if there isn't some establishment of having faith. and despite the two of them being incredibly still, jinx resumes on making very subtle movements of brushing her hand along chizuru's back to give reassurance. )

I'm gonna turn around, you hop on my back, and I'll start bookin' it. But we have to do this as slow as possible.

( a faint pause. )

I'm sure you can tell by now I'm a Coldblood. ( given the fact her touch is always chilled. maybe now they are a thing, she should take up scorpia's suggestion and start wearing sweaters so all of her embraces with her would be tolerable. ) — I got all three elements but they're all triggered by how I feel. Ice can help us out. I can make lil' steppin' stones or... I dunno, something to keep us from going under if the ground breaks.

( she takes a minute to sigh. ) ... But I have to think and feel about... whatever makes me upset. So. Whatever you do, don't try and cheer me up. Wait 'till after we get outta here to do that if you want to. Okay?

( there's a faint startle when chizuru comes to view and then a quick look around. the voices came into a halt so suddenly and there's no one else in sight but the two of them. there's a slight panic with confusion while fighting the urge to just curl away. )

I...— It was... ( it sounded a lot like mylo but sometimes his tone blend in with the unrecognizable ones in her head. jinx shakes her head hastily to try and focus on the now with a quick grab of the other girl's hands. )

You'll... You care about me, right? E-Even if we don't... don't work out in the end, you won't leave me?

( what a very random time to bring this up. but she needs to know that the dead are wrong and chizuru wouldn't abandon her despite whatever result their relationship will be after two months. )

( jinx is doing her damnest to only listen to chizuru and no one else. even when she speaks, the voices are trying to chime in and poke holes in her statements. but no. what they are saying are not important. what's important is the worry look on her face that she wishes she could take away.

jinx tightens her grip onto the other girl's hand; stammering in her words as she speaks. )

Because I'm... I'm different. ( swallowing a hard lump in her throat, jinx pushes on. ) Ru, there's... stuff about me that —

( she stops again and slowly getting frustrated with herself trying to explain it. )

— I sometimes... see a-and hear things. I try not to but a lotta times what they are—are right. So I do and I get confused sometimes. I'm just... I'm screwed up. I think...

( jinx lets go of the other's hands finally; feeling defeated as she walks on ahead to peer down the edge of the rooftop. and what chizuru will notice is when she walks, jinx is leaving icy foot prints behind. )

Forget I said anythin'. I'm already blowing this.

( jinx almost lost her footing when she feels the other tackling against her from behind. her large eyes widen with her entire world coming into a stand still as chizuru speaks.

and for a moment, she forgets to breathe -- there's a small hitch of air she sucks up just so her lungs won't give out on her. it's faint but the milky color of her hair fades sluggishly into her normal blue. jinx knows she should say something here but again, chizuru leaves her on empty. the girl is really getting the knack of doing that to her. but maybe there's no need for words -- not when actions tend to speak so much in volume. )

( so with her head low, she brings up her hand to ghostly rest on chizuru's arm. her thumb brushes along her skin with a light bite of her inner lip. )

You...

( she is so tongue-tied. )

I-I never gotten to ask if you're hurt. ... Are you okay?

( for chizuru, it makes sense for her to keep holding her like this as she says her confession. but to jinx, she finds it rather strange why she wants to continue on holding and speaking to her this way. especially over something so mild. but maybe the other girl simply wants to feel her a little more.

jinx can't really look over her shoulder to glance back but her eyes does dart over (despite she still can't see her this way either); puzzled yet intrigued. )

Really? ( she doesn't sound surprised or appalled. if anything, her tone shows crazy interest in this. ) — What about when you get a big gash? Say like a knife or a sword through ya?

( then she goes on to ramble a little: )

'Cuz see I heal too, but it depends how intense the injury is. Same with pain. I can't feel it 'less it's really bad.

( there's a big record scratch in her mind if she ever heard one. on the upside of her whirlwind coming into a halt, the voices go quiet too. it leaves her space to think on her own for once. with chizuru pressing against her back, she is able to feel her body tensing. not over the fact she can grow back her organs (okay, that's wild but not alarming) but more so she was at the farm. jinx got captured too, but was able to break free. )

( she can't recall all of what happened -- her mental state was shot at that point. but jinx remembers saving vi with a vague image of her chest cut open, and being hooked on some device. now knowing the other girl was present there, that meant she went through something similar or worse. jinx promised she'd protect her and she didn't. it's obvious someone else did or otherwise she wouldn't be here right now. but that was her one damn job and she failed to do that.

it makes her sick to her stomach to think back on it. and if she could, jinx would storm off to find that place again just to set it up in flames. but for right now, her rabbit needs her and she can hear it in her voice this confession isn't easy for her. there's a shift from jinx -- an arm lifting so she won't hit the other girl when she faces around, and her grip still lock on. sure, jinx could just break this embrace, but she doesn't want to give the impression she's pulling away due to the news. )

( besides, chizuru finds it easy to speak with her face hidden and she wants to provide her that privacy. and now facing her, her hand is gently place behind the other girl's head -- reassuring her to keep her face concealed in her shoulder. this way, she can wrap the other arm around her to return the embrace. )

Shit. And I wasn't there for you. I'm sorry, Chizuru. ... I will from now on, okay?

( notice she still hasn't said a word or mention about the organ growing yet. )

( she is right about that. it really did pull people at random and multiple times from what she's heard. but the important thing is chizuru is right here in her arms now and in trapped in that place again. and that is something she needs to focus on -- not on the past. so the next thing to address is... )

So growin' back organs, huh? That's gotta come in handy in some situations.

( if someone rips her heart out in hoping she'd kill over, but it'll just form right back. it'd make any enemy gawk in disbelief. but unlike them, jinx is taking the news as if she isn't all that alarmed. and that's because she isn't. )

Are you immortal?

( because one of the professors in piltover is one and from what she remembered, was currently in his three hundreds. could it be chizuru is the same way and pretending to be human? .... jinx recalled how she didn't remember her age and she felt she was in her twenties. )

Or are you dead but... somehow alive?

(a demon. well, she certainly doesn't look the part. but maybe it's similar to how beasthood is done here in trench. maybe she goes through stages or when things get extremely dicey, she transforms into a monstrous thing. and still knowing this news, jinx keeps the girl in her hold -- her fingers playing with the strands of her hair. )

So you're a demon and I'm a monster. Guess we fit together more than I thought. Who knew my rabbit had fangs?

( she chuckles quietly to herself before pulling away from her; to finally look over the girl. )

If you were afraid I might look at you different or hate ya, it takes a lot to chase me away. (especially when she deals with her own demons on a daily basis. and the difference is her demons are harmful. ) — You just got hotter to me.

( because of course she needs to throw that in. but the reason being is to soothe the talk into a more casual conversation than it being tense and uncomfortable. )

( this is a bit overwhelming for jinx too, but not at all similar to what chizuru is feeling. it's hard for the girl to grasp why anyone would be freaked out over the fact there's a demon in their midst. in runeterra, there were all sorts of species. humans were the most common, but living with them were the yordles, the golems (some mechanic), poros, the vastayas, the lizards, the bats, and cyborgs. and that's only what she had seen. there could be many more races in runeterra she's unaware of. it wasn't as if she traveled out of the two cities.

so learning chizuru is actually a demon is... not at all unnatural for her. admitting to something like that is similar to admitting, "actually, i'm into apples not oranges.". it's such a shrug off thing for her. but she knows to chizuru it's very important -- she can see it with the way her eyes are swelling up and the tone of her voice. and this is where the overwhelming part comes in for jinx. she's not sure how to comfort her over something she personally believes is so... minor. )

( her hand is still for a moment then cups to her cheek tenderly; her thumb caressing over her skin. )

H-Hey, listen. Even if I was crazy blown away to learn this thing about ya, I've been watchin' how you are with everyone. ( that doesn't sound at all creepy.) — You're kind, sometimes a lil' too kind and you really care about people. How can I hate or run away from someone like that?

( a beat. )

'Sides...

( carefully, jinx leans in to lightly bumps her nose to hers. )

I meant it when I said you're mine and you're my girl to everyone. That's not changin' unless you want it to change.