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[princesspower]

[ Adora fidgets with her communicator, staring at the screen, her brow furrowed as the video feed starts up. She's in a bed in the infirmary, with some bandaging on her head where she's was previously bleeding from the scalp. She looks tired, mostly. ]

Hey everybody. I just - I guess I wanted to say that I'm sorry. I shouldn't have let myself get taken out like that. Everyone had to deal with that because of me. I screwed up. I won't let it happen again. Uh - I guess that's about it.

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[princesspower]

[ Adora doesn't budge. ]

Are you serious?

[ She's confused and angry and upset and stressed. ]

Just - leave me alone-!

[passifloraincarnata]

No!

[That makes two of them, which puts them at a bit of an impasse, perhaps.]

Of course I'm serious, Adora! You remind me too much of myself for me not to be!

If - if the only way to make you understand how you make your friends feel about this is to fight you about it then yes, that's what I'll do!

[princesspower]

I'm not going to fight you! I just want you to give me space!

[ Adora's yelling now and still trying to disentangle herself and walk away. ]

[passifloraincarnata]

[Setsuna's technically been yelling, but she gets louder, too.]

Well, maybe you should fight me! Because I don't think you're being honest about your feelings to any of us!

[princesspower]

Get out of my way!

[ Adora finally settles for shoving Sestuna as she tries to head for the door. ]

[passifloraincarnata]

[Setsuna doesn't want to budge, and she tries to block Adora's shove instead, which will probably end up in them both in a grappling staredown if Adora doesn't try to slip away first.]

What is wrong with you, Adora? What happened to you while I was recovering in here?

[princesspower]

What do you mean what's wrong with me? What's wrong with you?

[ Adora is wriggling away now; everything is stress and this isn't helping. ]

[passifloraincarnata]

[Setsuna fights her on this, gripping her fast by the hands.] Adora. Adora, look at me - You can't save everyone, all by yourself, when you can't even save yourself!

And you can't! You, alone, never will! Why are you trying so hard to refuse the help? The Adora I met at the welcome party for everybody here wasn't the sort of person who gave up on her friends like that!

[princesspower]

What part of stop don't you understand?

[ Adora tears herself away again. And this time she really is intent on just leaving. ]

[passifloraincarnata]

[She grits her teeth and glares at Adora.]

The same part you don't.

[But she just - this is going to go nowhere, and even she can only be stubborn so long - sighs, then, and lets go. Lets Adora go, too.]

[And, whether Adora hears her say it on her way out or not, Setsuna hugs her arms to herself and looks off at the wall, face falling and troubled.]

... but I guess I haven't learned my lessons about when to do it anyway, after all, either.