Revan. [Is what this place is called. But the name is all anyone really knows, or so he's been told.
Ren hesitates a moment before taking her hand to gently return the shake, but that has less to do with how the gesture isn't common in Japan and more to do with the memory of the last person who'd offered him a handshake abruptly shoving itself forward in his mind. Akechi, in the TV studio where they'd first met, nearly a year ago, the sound of broken chains ringing in his ears as the bond of the Justice arcana was born.
Akechi, who is ... well, saying it's complicated is a bit of an understatement. Ren can't stop himself from sending out an aching pulse of anxiety, uncertainty, fear, and regret.
Deep breath. Count to three. Remember the meditation training. Get it together! He shakes off the lingering unease and releases her hand.]
The Convoy. [He points in the direction where the others are stationed for the moment and waves for her to follow him.]
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Ren hesitates a moment before taking her hand to gently return the shake, but that has less to do with how the gesture isn't common in Japan and more to do with the memory of the last person who'd offered him a handshake abruptly shoving itself forward in his mind. Akechi, in the TV studio where they'd first met, nearly a year ago, the sound of broken chains ringing in his ears as the bond of the Justice arcana was born.
Akechi, who is ... well, saying it's complicated is a bit of an understatement. Ren can't stop himself from sending out an aching pulse of anxiety, uncertainty, fear, and regret.
Deep breath. Count to three. Remember the meditation training. Get it together! He shakes off the lingering unease and releases her hand.]
The Convoy. [He points in the direction where the others are stationed for the moment and waves for her to follow him.]