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Who: Naminé and Riku
When: April 14
Where: The Near Shore
What: Prayer #10
Warnings: None for now, will update if necessary.

[ It's their first prayer, and Naminé is a little nervous. More than a little, but she's doing her best to not seem that way for Riku. What sort of goddess acts nervous when she's about to help someone in need?

I know that my daughter has been gone for more than a year, but I still can't bring myself to let her go. Please give me the strength and hope to keep waiting for her.

So she has a sketchbook in hand, and a bag at her side--there are some papers there, with plenty of writing utensils. ]

How should we start--?

[ She's definitely not sure. ]

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Mm. They must have been close... I wonder what happened, for her daughter to just... leave.

[ ... It's sad, when Naminé thinks about it. She brushes a bit of hair from her eyes and looks around a moment. ]

Maybe... I could draw a picture of the girl in a field of flowers?

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Something did. I don't think people leave like that for just no reason.

[But whatever the reason is, Riku couldn't fathom. He wouldn't know what it was like to have parents or a family like that. Maybe Naminé knew, but not him.

Turning back to her with a nod.] Sounds like a good idea to me. It's a start.

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Okay.

[ The reply comes quietly, and Naminé gets to drawing. She doesn't say anything; she's so focused on the task at hand, and all. Some time later, she's produced a simple drawing, like she's said; the girl in a field of those flowers. She looks a little... unsure. ]

Do you think this is okay?

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[Riku lets her work in peace, eyes trailing around the room and the house as he wanders around. Sure doing that may be an even bigger invasion of privacy, but he still has the prayer's request in mind. There might be something else here of use.

But when she talks, he finds her way back to her and examines the drawing.]

It looks fine to me. [But he doesn't have the kind of eye for art that she does. What he can tell is that Naminé herself is not confident in it.]

Do you think its missing something? Like a message, or... something more?

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[ He has a point. Naminé nods, quiet for a few moments, and then she writes at the top of the drawing, ]

Please don't give up.