[Aigis both knows and doesn't know how long it's been. Her internal clock ticks away, of course, as reliable as ever. Her records show the exact amount of seconds since she could no longer sense Minako's wild card nearby.
But it doesn't feel right. It doesn't feel real. She's right back to where she was when she first arrived on this planet, lost and simply going through the motions of function. It could be a week or it could be a year and she would feel the same, hollowed out of purpose and too bereft to even begin to ask why. Like an anesthetized wound, she watches as it bleeds but barely feels it.
She's a machine, after all. She shouldn't feel pain.
Yukari does, though. Aigis watches over her while Minako is gone. For a lot of reasons she hasn't examined and doesn't understand, but also simply because Aigis knows that Minako would want Yukari to be safe. It's the only direction Aigis has, so she follows it dutifully, devotedly.
She dreams of Minako too. Of chasing her into a dark void and never being able to catch up. She has this dream every night, until she doesn't. Until she stops dreaming altogether.
So it doesn't make sense that it feels like a dream when her communicator lights up to spell out Minako Arisato. Despite her quick reaction time, Aigis doesn't answer immediately, because— if this is another dream, it'll be over as soon as it feels like Minako is within reach.
When she answers, it's with uncertainty and a twinge of fear.] ...Minako?
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But it doesn't feel right. It doesn't feel real. She's right back to where she was when she first arrived on this planet, lost and simply going through the motions of function. It could be a week or it could be a year and she would feel the same, hollowed out of purpose and too bereft to even begin to ask why. Like an anesthetized wound, she watches as it bleeds but barely feels it.
She's a machine, after all. She shouldn't feel pain.
Yukari does, though. Aigis watches over her while Minako is gone. For a lot of reasons she hasn't examined and doesn't understand, but also simply because Aigis knows that Minako would want Yukari to be safe. It's the only direction Aigis has, so she follows it dutifully, devotedly.
She dreams of Minako too. Of chasing her into a dark void and never being able to catch up. She has this dream every night, until she doesn't. Until she stops dreaming altogether.
So it doesn't make sense that it feels like a dream when her communicator lights up to spell out Minako Arisato. Despite her quick reaction time, Aigis doesn't answer immediately, because— if this is another dream, it'll be over as soon as it feels like Minako is within reach.
When she answers, it's with uncertainty and a twinge of fear.] ...Minako?