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IN NO ORDER WHATSOEVER, moments where i lost my mind a little bit in chapter 9 of @c-c-cherry's amazing fic Area Hysteria:

“Kageyama,” he said softly, assertively, because he was sure of it from what he saw. “You didn’t explode.”

Reigen wasn’t trapped.

(...)

He wasn’t. He wasn’t. He wasn’t.

“I have nothing to say to you,” Ritsu’s voice was steady, though he’d be lying if he said he didn’t hear the smallest of wavers in his words. “Except that you’re a liar.”

Teru shook his head, pushing the pile of lemon-flavoured candy in Mob’s direction, “I bet you give Ritsu all your red ones, don’t you?”

“But what I can do is take the burden,” he said softly, “We can take it. I won’t let you hold it any longer.”

Reigen never seemed to like silence, either.

c-c-cherry

Oh my GODDDDDDD. FUUUCK. I know I’m supposed to be a writer but I’ve really got no words.

projectorthus

Grace sends this off as a "fuck you" to Stratt and unintentionally eases 40+ years of horrific guilt.

(40+ factoring in the Hail Mary mission, then the time it would take to get back to Erid and the time it would take for the message to get to Earth. Probably closer to 50+ actually).

(I do think Stratt felt bad. She did a lot of terrible things to save the planet, and obviously felt guilt for sending Grace off. I imagine the time waiting to hear back from the Hail Mary was torture for everyone, but she essentially sent three people off to their deaths, one unwillingly. Hearing that Grace made it out alive would be a huge weight off her shoulders.)