[Voice - Action for the Koumyou] Guess who's back?

[bravelittlehero]

[There's a small crash as a journal has fallen onto the deck of the Koumyou, in the middle of the night. Then there's a voice, a familiar voice but it's a little deeper, Clementine sounds a little older.

She's not yet aware that her surroundings have changed and for those that come to see her she's splattered with blood on her face and her hands and her left sleeve is soaked through. Clementine is about a head taller, as she's no longer nine, but eleven.

Her voice is strong and defiant and she'd been in the process of turning around.]

I'm still. Not. Bitten.

[She's breathing a little hard from exertion.]

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[bravelittlehero]

[No tears. There isn't time for tears anymore, they don't help anything.]

I guess so. It's what keeps everyone alive though. I get it. It doesn't help me though. My group is gone.

[sharkasm]

Sorry.

[It's not much, but at least he means it. There's not much he can do, anyway, avoiding eye contact as he hangs his head a little.]

[bravelittlehero]

[She wishes she could say it's okay, but it isn't. Instead she settles for something else.]

Thank you.

[Clementine finishes her sandwich and drinks down some juice, already feeling a little better physically.]

I might be okay, but a dog bit me and the people I met got really scared because they were sure it was a walker that bit me. That's not what happened though.

[sharkasm]

Yeah... Like I said, people are dumb when they're scared.

[Not that he really knows about that kind of fear, but he can pretend. It's something of a weird attempt to make her feel better, just talking along with her.]

Anyway, you're back here now. [It's far from safe - as everything that happened during her absence highlighted - but...] We're not going to do that to you.

[bravelittlehero]

[She appreciates the gesture and she nods.]

I know you won't.

[She smiles just a little bit. It might be hard to get used to again, but she just needs some time.]