☀️ Arselia and Akonia

Looking in the mirror at her miserable state and endlessly washing her face, she thought about what Bruno would say if he were to witness this scene. This is the result of all that lauded "kindness" – one little setback, no matter how insignificant, and he's gone. The first person she met in this world, and one who wasn't burdened by any sense of gratitude, business relationships, or deep-seated emotional traumas – the most suitable subject, the perfect example in a vacuum – the moment something goes wrong, they turn away from you in five seconds. Perhaps there really is something insidious about the green alien aura, invisible to the naked eye, but still felt on other levels of perception, no matter what the optimists say.
Turning off the water, wiping her face, which, in addition to the aura, undoubtedly causes discomfort to everyone around her – only the vendor from "Abundance," the only honest person in the entire city, dared to hint at it – and looking grimly at her reflection in the mirror, she gives it a detached, lifeless expression, which, in her case, as a space-rock dummy with rewritten memories, was quite easy, and perfectly natural and organic.
Without even deigning to sigh at her reflection, she returns to the office:
"My apologies for this scene. I really shouldn't have brought you with me," she says first to everyone, and then to Sonata, as she opens the door.