[Mana had been generally hovering around both Rikka and Alice since returning to the ship, but had business to attend to briefly... which was her secretly, and singlehandedly, attempting to clean up Alice's room.
She arrived back at Alice's interim room just as Alice began to tell Rikka all of her insecurities, and before long... well, she didn't mean to eavesdrop, but as she heard more, everything both Alice and Rikka said left Mana feeling paralyzed.
The fact that Rikka had said something so powerful, and yet Mana felt like she couldn't say what was in her heart... that she felt ashamed for feeling ashamed... it felt like such a betrayal of everything she was...
... she couldn't face them. She wasn't the person they needed her to be, and... she couldn't bring herself to feel the way they did about the witch, and she had no idea how to reconcile the issue of ... she was failing them as a loved one, as a Precure, and as their leader...
... Mana couldn't face them. Aida Mana couldn't face them.
What was wrong with her? How had she betrayed her own view of life and love so profoundly?
Mana turned on her heel and left, quickly, her footsteps soft and leaving no indication she'd been there at all]
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She arrived back at Alice's interim room just as Alice began to tell Rikka all of her insecurities, and before long... well, she didn't mean to eavesdrop, but as she heard more, everything both Alice and Rikka said left Mana feeling paralyzed.
The fact that Rikka had said something so powerful, and yet Mana felt like she couldn't say what was in her heart... that she felt ashamed for feeling ashamed... it felt like such a betrayal of everything she was...
... she couldn't face them. She wasn't the person they needed her to be, and... she couldn't bring herself to feel the way they did about the witch, and she had no idea how to reconcile the issue of ... she was failing them as a loved one, as a Precure, and as their leader...
... Mana couldn't face them. Aida Mana couldn't face them.
What was wrong with her? How had she betrayed her own view of life and love so profoundly?
Mana turned on her heel and left, quickly, her footsteps soft and leaving no indication she'd been there at all]