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[vanescere]

[A bit after midnight and not all that long after she messages Blade, it's Dan Heng's turn to get her worried voice message over the sound of fireworks -- and possibly worse?! -- in the distance.]

You're okay -- you're all okay right? Please be okay.. I heard things that are definitely not fireworks.

[The next words are so quiet and she didn't actually mean to send them.]

I need people to be okay...

[heng_like_a_dragon]

[Dan Heng... isn't used to people worrying about him, even though he really should be at this point. Still, he answers her quickly since Faye sounds so distraught.]

Yes, the three of us are safe and alright. They don't know where we live, and we intend to keep it that way. Jing Yuan and I will make sure that Blade is safe.

[He hesitates, uncertain of what to say now that he's heard something he probably shouldn't have.]

...If it will help, you can stay with us until we get more news. I don't know if you have anyone you can stay with right now, but you shouldn't be alone, just in case.

[vanescere]

[Her legs feel just a little weak with relief with confirmations from first Blade and now Dan Heng that they're safe. There's still others she's waiting to hear from... but she's met so many capable people so far... surely...?]

Good... that's -- that's good to hear. I heard so much gunfire in the distance I just...

[The relief is practically tangible, even if there's still considerable concern and tension in her voice as well... and now it's her turn to hesitate.

... he wasn't really wrong that she shouldn't be alone. Honestly what could she do out here in the middle of the city surrounded by fireworks and probably-not-fireworks in several directions. Still the hesitance clings to her voice just a little.]

... are you sure I wouldn't be intruding...?

[... she couldn't deny that being around Blade tended to be just as grounding as being around the best friends she'd ever made, and both Dan Heng and Jing Yuan had felt like safe people, when they spoke before.]

I don't really.. have anything with me right now.

[She sure isn't a short walk from her apartment right now, with how she'd been walking toward the danger as if she were the brave first sacrifice in a horror movie...]