[The guards' conversations are dead boring, but Sen pays attention to them on the off-chance they'll be of use someday. (Spoilers: They won't.) Still, she is keeping an alert ear all through the night and as the sun rises, so when the sound from the corner comes, she hears it. She's surprised, but she hears it.
After all of that before... has Kaoru come to visit her again? It's such a risk.
Quietly and carefully, she rises from the futon and pads her way over to that corner. She hopes that it's Kaoru, but in a place like this... well, she wouldn't put it past this clan to try tapping on the wall to get her to reveal something. If she replies with "Kaoru, is that you?" they'll know that he's been here once already. When she speaks, it is a little more cautiously - ]
Is someone there...?
[Her voice is, perhaps, softer than it had been before; with the guards sleeping in shifts, there is no conversation of their own to mask her voice. Being careful is even more imperative.]
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After all of that before... has Kaoru come to visit her again? It's such a risk.
Quietly and carefully, she rises from the futon and pads her way over to that corner. She hopes that it's Kaoru, but in a place like this... well, she wouldn't put it past this clan to try tapping on the wall to get her to reveal something. If she replies with "Kaoru, is that you?" they'll know that he's been here once already. When she speaks, it is a little more cautiously - ]
Is someone there...?
[Her voice is, perhaps, softer than it had been before; with the guards sleeping in shifts, there is no conversation of their own to mask her voice. Being careful is even more imperative.]