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[digophelia]

Give them what I can?

[ She could and would do such a thing for orphans. Her lips pressed into a thin line, she debates it, she really debates telling Gintoki why she's so upset. It bounces in her head for a bit -- but then, what would he say if she turned a blind eye to children? ]

It's not that easy, it's-

[ Alice wouldn't really dare steal anything, especially that much like Ban did. She couldn't do what Nanny did, either, but she understood it and often wished that Nanny didn't result to such a level of selling herself. She grows more anxious at the thought, and decides not to mention it, altogether. ]

It's not only the right thing to do, it's what I should do, it's my penance and I'm not very good at it. I don't always feel well.

[ Well, she's not lying and she's not admitting to hallucinations, either. ]

[naturallywavy]

<sub>[ A penance and not very good at it. I don't always feel well.

Gintoki can associate, in a way, with what she is saying. Gintoki rolls up from lying down to a seated position, watching Alice in the chair dully and wordlessly. She's suffering. Something about her is suffering— Gintoki wondered if sometimes he looked this way to other people and he hopes that the doesn't.

Finally, he gets up and walks over to the chair, placing a firm hand on Alice's shoulder. Then, he crouches, so now he is eye level with her in the seat. ]</sub>

There is always a way of escape with whatever obstacles you face. You just gotta be stronger. Nobody said that was easy, either... but it's unreachable if you don't even try. Don't let anything stop you— not even yourself— from doing what you believe is right and what you know you should do.

[digophelia]

[ That almost sounds a little like what her father would say. Encouragement is one thing, but the physical gesture of it is another. Alice, who is so unused to touch and comfort visibly flinches from his hand. As much as she dislikes touch and she has already violently lashed out against Ban and Gilgamesh for touching her, Alice refrains from the knee jerk urge of kicking him away.

Once she realizes he's not making a motion to harm her, she can breathe, just a little. Though, Alice remains very tense, her green eyes boring into him, waiting for the slightest sign that the gesture is going to be anything but kind.

It's been a while since someone has touched her for the sake of comfort, and not the other way around. Nervously glancing her eyes back down to her book, Alice nods. She doesn't have a lot of faith in herself, but she can't tell him that. ]

I will try. I will make amends with my errors.

[naturallywavy]

<sub>[ Gintoki doesn't even think or dare to do anything harmful to his friend. Her words— they remind him of what he says to himself over and over in his mind. He does good to maybe redeem the feeling of wrong that he still has lingering in his golden heart.

His hand removes from his shoulder and he gives her a warm smile. ]</sub>

I know you will.
<sub>[ —make amends of your errors, but you're free to interpret that as 'I know you will at least try' if you so wish.

Gintoki stands up again and turns around to head back to the floor, arms stretching before releasing a loud yawn. ]</sub>

That said, I gotta go piss.

[digophelia]

You're a good man.

[ Much like her father, in some ways. Lost in the thought of her father, Alice starts to really cradle that book to her chest, thinking of him. She didn't intend for the mood to turn so somber in the room for that matter. But she would try, she would do whatever she could for the children here.

But, oddly enough, what happened to Ban will likely make her very sleepless tonight. ]

Well, ah- go. I won't keep you from whatever you need to do of that nature.

[ Awkwardly shuffling, Alice props open her book, gazing at the pictures, this time. ]