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I know I was just showing concern over Mokona’s feelings but MOKONA OF ALL THE TIMES TO LOOK LIKE THE ENTIRE WORLD IS MADE OF CANDY FLOSS THIS MIGHT NOT BE IT
I mean sure I don’t think she has any idea what Syaoran has seen and I think she’s genuinely just that happy that Syaoran is awake but still. Still.
…but also on second thought I can think of at least a dozen times where I’ve read the mood of a room so badly that I’ve done this exact thing, SO YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU GO MOKONA. I SUPPORT YOU IN THIS.
INNAPROPRIATE SMILING HAS BEEN APPROVED.
And Syaoran might never feel joy again you know no big deal. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
There’s so much packed into this moment I am overwhelmed.
I sincerely enjoy the fact that when Syaoran says his thing we get Kurogane’s silent reaction but also Fai’s. Because there’s nothing in particular in his words that would give away exactly how serious this is, but on the other hand everything does. He was just trapped in a cursed book that Fai couldn’t free him of, while crying his eyes out, and the first thing he does when he wakes up is ask to talk with Kurogane. I don’t know how much of Kurogane’s past Fai knows, but out of all of them I’m sure Fai is most naturally attuned to the tone of tragedy and recognises it the second it leaves Syaoran’s lips.
And he’s visibly sad. Which Fai doesn’t usually let come through in the first place, which shows just how seriously he’s treating this.
But it only shows for a moment
And then he plays his usual role and feigns the naturalness that no-one believes and gives those two the privacy they need in the process.
Because that’s what he does.
