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[curfew's just ending and where is he? in his suite like an obedient passenger, except he's not chomping on his bit to leave as usual, no, not today. when the sphere turns on, he's standing in the bathroom, the door closed, and wearing only just a pair of pyjama bottoms as he hangs his head over the sink. his face remains hidden from view as water droplets slide down his hair and trickle down the tip of his poor swollen nose. wet hands clutch white-knuckled at the edges of the sink while goose pimples run up bare arms and down his naked torso as he just stands there for a moment longer, oblivious to the transmission.

with his back still to the sphere, he reaches for a towel, gripping it awkwardly with his thumb and tries pinning the material between it and the glove-like cast on his left hand. after fumbling with it for a moment, he shifts his body and grabs at it with his good hand, muttering something under his breath as he throws the towel over his head. it's right then, however, as he's drying his hair that he catches the sphere in the mirror's reflection--and how he can tell that it's on when it looks like a miniature sun, well, it's probably best not to ask. probably wouldn't give a straight answer anyway.

and whether he'll admit if he's been to the curious window on Level 23 or not is anybody's guess.]

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[wonders what her almost and very-but-sort-of-not-subtle expression can mean. so he waits to see what she does.]

[can tell that he's watching her from some strange gut feeling she has and she turns to meet his gaze as she steps back away and into the shadowed part of the hallway]

...

[looks away, figuring she isn't ready to talk just yet and reaches for his sphere]

...I wasn't spying.

No? Didn't think so, not for a moment.

[looks at him hard, trying see if he's teasing her or not]

[after the short bit of "rest" he's had? not likely.]

Would you be? It's...[glances at a clock]...oh, it's awful early, isn't it?

I didn't know what time it was.

[moves to rub a tired eye with her fist]

Well, I didn't either until just now.

[sees that and he frowns slightly] You should probably get some sleep, Haruhi.

[immediately drops her hand]

I'm not sleeping. I don't need sleep.

No? The dark circles and redness of your eyes tell me otherwise.

Why does it matter to you? Are you gonna get me in my sleep?

Because all of you need--why do you think I'm going to do that?

...[shivers slightly] You said before...

I said "if"... [sighs heavily] And I was angry. People say things they don't quite mean when they're angry.

...You're not going to put me in in the-[she breaks off]. I won't be punished?

[wants to ask "Put in the what?" but not just now. at least he's finally keeping his sort of promise to lyle.]

I think you've been punished enough.

[this is mercy, she gets it and nods]

I'm trying to be good. But good is so different here.

You're still learning. It's going to take some time to undo the damage those scientists did to you.

...Why is it "damage"?

[sighs slightly, thinking how he's going to phrase this] Because they did something they weren't supposed to do. They interfered with your normal life cycle and taught you things you shouldn't know--and never taught you things that you should.

[of course, this is all guesswork on his part, but see one human experiment, you've seen them all...]

Is that why I'm defective?

There can be any number of reasons why, Haruhi. Without knowing exactly what they've done to you, I can't begin to think of what went wrong. I can only theorise.

But perhaps it's better this way. If you'd been a success, you wouldn't be the person you are now.

Who I am? I'm just myself.

Yes, but it's the experiences we have in our lives that shape us. Like...you'd be completely different had you grown up elsewhere.

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