@ruinem.
   jade wants to run, wants to shove him away, wants to scream or yell or claw. she doesn’t like men. doesn’t trust them, doesn’t choose to see them. but kyoko – kyoko just stands there.Â
   she won’t talk to him. won’t sign or write. won’t cough or smile, laugh, frown. gestures, instead, at the strange helmet he wears – fingertip beckoning to touch, asking permission, crooked in question. wonders momentarily if he is man or machine, or if he even knows. still, this has no effect on her understanding of him – not that there was much to begin with. she wonders why he wears the thing.Â














