Once she'd gotten the confirmation, there was a light click as she undid the clasp at the back of her blindfold, sliding it off into her hands. A familiar flare of cursed energy as her eyes snapped open- and with a little bit of fumbling, she quickly put the glasses on.
Blink... blink.]
...
I think...alright. It should be safe, now.
[Even if part of her wished she had a mirror. She'd rather risk petrifying herself than hurting Evangeline- but there was no time to fret about that now. Besides, it certainly felt as if they were suppressing the power of her eyes properly.]
[A small nod of agreement- hey, were those two smaller blue dolls always in the camera shot, or did they just appear there now? Might've been a trick of the picture- But yes! Her friends were very cute! And she's glad they could come with her.]
It'd be a lot scarier if none of them came with me.
Yeah, they are kind. Everyone on the phone's been nice so far too. I don't know how long they'll keep being kind or if they might change or anything like that.
I know people can change quickly, even if they're your friends.
But I've not met many people before and I've not been here as long as you have. Relaxing is hard. And I want to see and do loads and loads of different things now I'm here. And meet lots of people, and make lots of friends- It's okay if they don't know anything.
[If they never found out she wasn't real, then she had nothing to worry about, right? Even talking like this made her a little antsy, if the way she was rambling on was anything to go by.
...Sure was be strange how those little dolls looked like they were staring at Evangeline through the screen.]
[The dolls are probably alive or eldritch or both, it's fine.]
...But if they never know, you're always going to worried about them finding out and rejecting you, right? You'll never get a chance to find out if they would love you for you are, that way.
[As Evangeline knows, monsters aren't generally Armin's "thing" (in so many words), but he knows she worked hard on her calendar, and he appreciates the thanks.]
Hi, Evangeline.
I got your calendar today. I can tell you've put a lot of work into it. Thank you.
[...Technically there is One Sin And Hundreds Of Good Deeds but that's an Abnormality, not a person. Anything she was able to regain with a Wishing Star doesn't count for this.]
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