“That’s not very nice!”
“Iku thinks you shouldn’t be mean just because he speaks different! Krieg’s really nice, and he’s trying to help you and Iku figure out why you, Iku, and Krieg are here!”
Iku may not be the smartest, but she at least knew being so mean to someone because of something like that was wrong!!! Although she did have a problem understanding quite a bit of what Krieg said, she was eventually able to figure it out if they kept talking.
“Krieg has no ‘issues’,” Iku replied in a huff “Iku has a little trouble understanding, but if Iku asks Krieg to talk about it more, Iku can start to understand!”
“IF YOU CAN’T KEEP UP WITH THE WINDMILLS IN MY SKULL…”, he trailed off. “IN TIME, in time… DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT TIME, SAI-ACRE? PAINT ME A PRETTY PICTURE.”
He continued over to the lift. Eventually someone would have to get it working.
(This doesn’t look like most of the lifts I’ve been on.)
The sudden outburst from Iku took Sayaka by surprise. For a moment her eyes widened uncomprehendingly. Her face then followed, beggining to flush a bit under the unexpected scrutiny. She hadn't meant any offense, really, but being called out on it in such a way did sort of make her sound boneheaded.
"Right," she muttered, casting her eyes in some entirely different direction. "Sorry."
So far Krieg hadn't painted himself a bad guy. In fact, he was pretty clearly trying to help, even if Sayaka couldn't figure out anything but the very basic gist of whatever he had to say. With that being the case, she supposed she should try to be more understanding.
That did nothing to help her make sense of him though.
The girl didn't even bother answering his riddling sentiments. She wouldn't know how to if she tried, and it was probably better that she keep her mouth shut for a little while. Instead, she followed his lead and approached the lift.
"You think we should take it wherever?"
She glanced between Krieg and Iku, hand hovering over the button she presumed would open it up for entry.
















