[He said that! No one once claimed that Atsushi was great at tough emotions.
Hearing her scramble, Atsushi follows her lead to the door. He doesn't understand why she seems to be in such a rush. Not at first, anyway. Maybe she's afraid they'll be locked in again? He opens his own confessional booth door, thoughts caught on her and her well-being. He'd like to make sure that she's okay; That she's not crying, or injured from beating the door, or otherwise hurt by the experience. Maybe they can exchange names too? And he can thank her for figuring out the confessional booth's trick.
But instead of both exiting and turning to face each other, the girl makes a break for it.
Atsushi is confused. Inaba will get a partial head start, as it takes Atsushi at least a second to process what's happening. His instinct is then to chase after her, reaching out to grab her arm; No WereTiger needed. He wouldn't have used his Ability to hunt down a girl anyway.]
Wait! What's wrong-?!
[But when things click in his mind, moments after his reflexive actions, Atsushi will loosen any grip that he has. His confession rings in his head, with a sharp voice nailing it into the forefront of his consciousness. "I hurt people!" and "I almost hurt you." are very good reasons to run away from him. He wonders if what she saw on the other side of the confessional booth was a caged monster, about to be set free.
So any grip is released with a guilty expression. Atsushi takes a step back, even when he expects she'll keep running. Knowing there isn't much time before she disappears, he bows and calls after her;]
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Hearing her scramble, Atsushi follows her lead to the door. He doesn't understand why she seems to be in such a rush. Not at first, anyway. Maybe she's afraid they'll be locked in again? He opens his own confessional booth door, thoughts caught on her and her well-being. He'd like to make sure that she's okay; That she's not crying, or injured from beating the door, or otherwise hurt by the experience. Maybe they can exchange names too? And he can thank her for figuring out the confessional booth's trick.
But instead of both exiting and turning to face each other, the girl makes a break for it.
Atsushi is confused. Inaba will get a partial head start, as it takes Atsushi at least a second to process what's happening. His instinct is then to chase after her, reaching out to grab her arm; No WereTiger needed. He wouldn't have used his Ability to hunt down a girl anyway.]
Wait! What's wrong-?!
[But when things click in his mind, moments after his reflexive actions, Atsushi will loosen any grip that he has. His confession rings in his head, with a sharp voice nailing it into the forefront of his consciousness. "I hurt people!" and "I almost hurt you." are very good reasons to run away from him. He wonders if what she saw on the other side of the confessional booth was a caged monster, about to be set free.
So any grip is released with a guilty expression. Atsushi takes a step back, even when he expects she'll keep running. Knowing there isn't much time before she disappears, he bows and calls after her;]
Thanks for your help, miss!