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[This is a hard thing to start. "I regret to inform you" sounds too stiff and formal; "Sorry to say" too informal and flippant. Just jumping in feels cold. But what, then?]

Susanne fon Fabre has gone home. [This one hits her particularly hard, and she has to stop a moment and resettle her voice.] I'm sorry.

[Asch and Luke]

You are welcome to come and see if she has left anything for you. I felt it would be remiss of me to go through her things, if any remain.

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[At first all Estelle can say is...]

Oh...

[This is the first time someone she has come to know, has gone home.]

I-I see. She will be missed, but it's good to know she will be home again.

[Granted Estelle has no idea what is waiting back home for Susanne. But it's true... Estelle really did enjoy her company and will miss her.]

Yes, it is. Did you know her well?

As well as one can expect I suppose. We talked often and I enjoyed her company. She was like the mother I never knew.

[Well there's something she didn't know about Estelle.]

She is a wonderful person. I probably wouldn't have had the chance to meet her at home.

Yes she is, and I'm thankful I was given the chance to know her. If only for a short time.

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Are you okay?

Yes, thank you. There's nothing to be done when someone leaves other than to be sure their friends and loved ones know about it.

[Which is a little stony, coming from her. She feels a little stony.]

[Mother...

Of course, the message breaks his heart and makes him slightly short of breath. But he inhales deeply, then exhales, eyes shut as he replays the message in his head.

Susanne fon Fabre has gone home.

It's better. It's better that way. She's out of this hellish place. She can go home to Auldrant, where she belongs, and not have to worry about the Malnosso doing awful things, or drafts, or her sons being kidnapped, or the medicine that's always hard to get.

It's better, it's better. That doesn't stop Luke from clenching his fists and feeling his shoulders tense and be unable to reply for a few minutes, lest his voice tremble.

It's better, but he already misses her so much.

Finally, though, he does respond, and though it doesn't tremble, his voice does still sound thick.]

I'll be over soon.

Take your time.

[Better and easier don't usually go together.]

[It does take longer than usual for Luke to get there, if only because of the fact that he had to pull himself together. But soon enough, he knocks on the door before sticking his hands in his jacket pockets and looking away.

He wonders if Asch would see this... and what he'd do. Nngh...]

[The door opens, Nephry standing there with what she hopes is a consoling smile.]

Please come in.

[There's some misery on Luke's face, though he tries to force it away by giving a smile of his own. It's... pretty forced as a result, but it's something.]

Hey. [And he steps inside, already looking around and noticing a particular absence.] Uh... do you know if Asch heard?

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[Minato didn't know Susanne, but that doesn't stop him from replying to this.]

Nephry-san, would you like to come over for lunch sometime?

[It's not so much a redirection as an offer to talk.]