Awakening Supports/Nowi Libra

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C Support

Nowi:
Libra, give me a piggyback ride!

Libra:
Ah! Careful there, Nowi! I didn't see you coming.

Nowi:
Hey, what's this scar, Libra? Here on the back of your neck?

Libra:
Don't touch it!

Nowi:
Eep! S-sorry! Does it hurt?

Libra:
N-no, it doesn't hurt. Not there, anyway. The wound is long healed...

Nowi:
So why aren't I allowed to touch it?

Libra:
Because it might reopen a deeper wound that yet causes me pain.

Nowi:
Like...inside your neck?

Libra:
I'm speaking of a wound of the heart.

Nowi:
Ooooooooh! I get it! ...Wait, so your heart hurts? Why?

Libra:
When I was a child, I was raised far from the home of my parents. ...In truth, I was abandoned by them.

Nowi:
Oh no, that's terrible! Why would your mother and father do that?

Libra:
Perhaps they hated me. Perhaps they had a better reason. I do not know. When they left me at that place, I began to howl most piteously. I clung to my mother so desperately I had to be forced off... Which is when I sustained the scar you see now.

Nowi:
*Sniff* That is so sad!

Libra:
I'm sorry. I didn't mean to upset you. And it's long in the past now.

Nowi:
Well, I don't care! I'm going to make you feel better!

Libra:
How will you do that?

Nowi:
Just like a cramp—I'm going to rub your heart until the pain goes away! So, er... Where do you humans keep your hearts, anyway?

Libra:
I've spent years avoiding what lies within mine... I'm not entirely sure if I could find it again if I tried.

Nowi:
Okay, fine. Then I'll help. We'll find out where your heart is hiding and get rid of the pain together!

B Support

Nowi:
How about here?

Libra:
Hee hee! S-stop it! M-my backbone is very...t-t-ticklish!

Nowi:
Dang! This is harder than I thought... How about here? Is this your heart?

Libra:
Ah ha ha! Now you're...t-tickling my ear!

Nowi:
How about here?

Libra:
Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha! N-not my s-sides! P-please!

Nowi:
Libra, we won't get anywhere if you don't start taking this seriously!

Libra:
Hooo... I-I'm trying, Nowi. I just had no idea that I was so ticklish.

Nowi:
I'm just touching you! I'm hardly even moving my fingers!

Libra:
I suppose it's because I'm not used to it. I've spent so much of my life trying to avoid simple human contact. Now the slightest touch makes my nervous system go into convulsions.

Nowi:
But why do you avoid touching people? Don't you like hugs even?

Libra:
I suppose it's because I lost the ability to trust people and so...feared them instead.

Nowi:
Hmm. I can understand that. I mean, I was afraid of humans, too.

Libra:
But you aren't anymore?

Nowi:
Nope! Well, maybe a little bit. But not as much as before. I mean, I know there're lots of scary humans around, but there're lots of nice ones, too.

Libra:
I envy you. Fear still holds me in its grip, no matter how I try to overcome it.

Nowi:
Why don't I help you? For a start, I could introduce you to the nice people in camp.

Libra:
Well, I suppose I'm willing to try if you are...

A Support

Libra:
Er, Nowi? How much longer are we going to traipse through the camp?

Nowi:
There are still loads and loads of nice people you haven't met yet!

Libra:
Yes, but I'm worried we might be making a nuisance of ourselves.

Nowi:
Don't be silly! People love it when you visit their tents unannounced!

Libra:
I wonder.

Nowi:
Trust me! Plus, the faster we find that heart of yours, the faster you'll make friends.

Libra:
Yes, that would be wonderful. If it were to truly happen...

Nowi:
Okay, where next? ...Oh, right! We haven't visited the storehouse yet.

Libra:
The storehouse?

Nowi:
Yeah, it's almost supper time. People'll be running in and out fetching ingredients.

Libra:
You are much more familiar with the goings-on of the camp than I imagined.

Nowi:
You didn't know stuff like that?

Libra:
I'm afraid I've never paid much mind to how our meals are made.

Nowi:
So you just slurp up your rations without a single thought for the folk in the kitchens?

Libra:
To my shame, yes. I'm very selfish, aren't I? *Sigh* It appears I have a great deal more to learn from you than I realized!

Nowi:
From me, of all people? Gosh.

Libra:
Yes, you are really quite remarkable. I'm lucky to have you as my teacher!

Nowi:
Hee hee! I like being remarkable!

S Support

Nowi:
Phew! I'm exhausted, Libra.

Libra:
Me, too. I had no idea it would take so long to meet everyone in camp.

Nowi:
I told you there were a lot of nice people!

Libra:
I'm ashamed I never realized it before. Thank you, Nowi.

Nowi:
Hee hee! I'm just glad you met everyone and liked them all! So, how about it? Have you found your heart yet?

Libra:
I'm not sure...

Nowi:
Will it still hurt if I touch your scar?

Libra:
...I honestly don't know. Would you...care to try?

Nowi:
Sure. Here goes...

Libra:
......

Nowi:
Well?

Libra:
It's...slightly ticklish.

Nowi:
But it doesn't hurt anywhere?

Libra:
...No. In fact, quite the opposite. It's like a...warm and tender feeling.

Nowi:
Where are you feeling it?

Libra:
Right here...in my chest.

Nowi:
The same place it used to hurt?

Libra:
Yes... Yes, exactly!

Nowi:
Well, then, I think we've found your heart!

Libra:
How remarkable.

Nowi:
Are you glad?

Libra:
Of course. I'm...overjoyed.

Nowi:
Hehe. That's good! 'Cause when you're happy, I'm happy, too.

Libra:
Nowi, what would you say to us spending even more time together?

Nowi:
I'd say that would be amazingly awesome, that's what! I was going to ask you the same thing since the last few weeks have been such fun.

Libra:
In that case, perhaps you would do me an even greater honor? I'd like to give you this ring as proof of my love for you.

Nowi:
Oh, Libra... You mean, like...as your wife?

Libra:
Yes. I do believe that's exactly what I mean.

Nowi:
Of course I will! This is the happiest day of my life!

Libra:
If this fluttering in my chest is any indication, then it's mine, too, Nowi.