[Mami pretends not to notice that lack of Utena's usual cheer and exuberance. Things have been taxing and awkward for the both of them and for awhile now, she rationalizes. Plus, Utena has the Rose Bride to look after. It's likely not out of any worry directed at Mami and Mami alone - not really, not to any tempting extent.
This thought process is a necessary one for all that it's also painful; dwelling on the possibly of Utena perhaps feeling the same, Ohtori or no Ohtori....nothing will come of that but crushed hope.]
All right, I won't go anywhere.
[And she doesn't, aside from taking a few short, experimental slides on the ice with her shoes. It really would be easier with skates, she muses.]
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This thought process is a necessary one for all that it's also painful; dwelling on the possibly of Utena perhaps feeling the same, Ohtori or no Ohtori....nothing will come of that but crushed hope.]
All right, I won't go anywhere.
[And she doesn't, aside from taking a few short, experimental slides on the ice with her shoes. It really would be easier with skates, she muses.]