[BEFORE HE CAN TALK TO IVAN he needs to wake up and remember what happened. Which... doesn't take him very long, considering the phone clutched in his hand. As much as he wants to think it's a dream, the phone in his hand and the salty streaks dried on his cheeks are evidence enough that it did happen. And for a long moment, he looks like he's either going to start crying again, or he might scream. He doesn't even seem to register Ivan's question or Hijikata's yelling, not yet.
Instead, he gives himself almost a full minute of deliberation before powering up her phone, tapping through a couple screens to find the recorded message, then bringing the phone to his ear to listen. As he continues to listen, though, his expression slowly morphs from quiet frustration and sadness to something like shock, then horror.
After a couple minutes, he just... drops his hand, lips starting to twist into something almost like a smile. That's probably not good.]
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Instead, he gives himself almost a full minute of deliberation before powering up her phone, tapping through a couple screens to find the recorded message, then bringing the phone to his ear to listen. As he continues to listen, though, his expression slowly morphs from quiet frustration and sadness to something like shock, then horror.
After a couple minutes, he just... drops his hand, lips starting to twist into something almost like a smile. That's probably not good.]