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[socrowdedinhere]

Yugi: We should go see her father. The Red mentioned that he’s been abusing her.

General: *frowns* And you believe it? *looks at the girl...and grunts* All right. Let's go see him.

Yugi: There’s no falsehood in the Shadows. *and besides, just look at how she’s been behaving! . . . nods and will shift to follow*

Child: *doesn't want to go...but will when even Ralin and Azure shift to follow.*

General: *leads the way in...they'll have to search, and they'll find the mer hiding*

*For this, Yami will re-emerge, next to Yugi, his earlier exhaustion gone (or buried). He folds his arms and regards the mer.*

Yami: [The Red is gone.]

Mer: ...Gone? *he's sure?*

Yami: *nods* [I defeated and dispersed it myself. All of the people have been recovered. They are alive.] *he’s not about to say they’re “all right”, unless by some miracle they have no memories of what they’ve been put through – he can only pray for that*

Mer: G-good. Good. *he doesn't really sound like he thinks that's good. He spots his daughter* What are you doing out here? Come here.

Child: *sh-shakes her head*

Yami: *frowns, shifting in front of the child* [What was your relationship with that entity?]

Mer: *frowns, starting to shift to see his daughter, but then Yami's question hits him and he flinches.* Wh-what? *angry* What kind of question is that?!

Yami: *steadfast, his gaze /hard/* [A warranted one. Now…] *lets Shadows slip from his hands* [-answer me voluntarily, or I will draw the truth from you /my/ way.]

Mer: *pulls back from him* Stay away from me! You have no authority here! Get out!

General: */frowns/*