[There is no reaction from her, not at first. Her head is bowed and her gaze steady on the ground as she feels Oda's hand on top of her head, a small act of comfort and kindness.
A part of her wants to reject it, even still, a last ditch effort to change the narrative to her liking, because she is as human as Oda says, and sometimes humans just want to wallow in their misery.
The rest of her... knows better by now.
After a beat, she wipes her face one last time, then takes a few steps to the side without looking at him. The base of the ominous pillar remains... but now, quite suddenly, there is a locked door.
Oda will feel a key being pressed into his hand -- one of the shadows, Sakura's last servant, before it simply fades away.]
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A part of her wants to reject it, even still, a last ditch effort to change the narrative to her liking, because she is as human as Oda says, and sometimes humans just want to wallow in their misery.
The rest of her... knows better by now.
After a beat, she wipes her face one last time, then takes a few steps to the side without looking at him. The base of the ominous pillar remains... but now, quite suddenly, there is a locked door.
Oda will feel a key being pressed into his hand -- one of the shadows, Sakura's last servant, before it simply fades away.]
... Well done, Odasaku-san.
You can go home now.