#hhhhghh crying in her sleeeeep

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And there she is. Mashu immediately by her side. In the state that Pandora is in, she at first had thought it to be Zero. Zero was here by her side, just the way she had begged him to be, but it wasn't him. Firstly, the hand that held her own tiny one was softer, not calloused. When she looks up, it's the face of Mashu.

What was she doing out here?

"M-Mashu..." Her voice shakes, a whiney cry threatening to pass her lips, but then when coaxed, Pandora doesn't take another second and pushes her entire body against Mashu's, sobbing. Her sobs are jagged, breathless and the small child buries her face into Mashu's chest. She doesn't mean to hurt mashu, if she does, but the emotions rushing through such a tiny body would have her grip at Mashu's arms tightly, onyx black nails digging.

"Z-Zero...Zero isn't here. I saw him, but....but...."

Nothing matters, not the flickering of her powers warning her that she may get out of control, not the feeling of twigs pushing against the bottom of her feet when she runs, chasing the man who keeps walking (she must have lost both her shoes when she first started running), and certainly not the sound someone's voice calling behind her. Heck, she doesn't even HEAR the voice.

"Zero! Don't GO--" And she falls over, tripping over a log that protruded out of the ground. She falls with a pained oof, face planted first into the muddy soil and the palms of her hands scraped. When she lifts her dirtied face up, Zero is nowhere to be seen.

"Zero..." Her voice falls into a whimper, tears immediately stinging at her eyes. Her little cries are so sad, so quiet as she sobs, still unaware of Mashu who had been chasing behind her.

"Zero....where are you?"