Ciri blushed a bit when he called her a brat, even though she could tell he wasn't angry. She had meant to help, and it appeared he'd understood it as such, but being rebuked
like that still caused the girl some embarassment.
It was quickly forgotten, however, in the horror of learning that her magic was gone! She was....normal! Under normal circumstances, it would have been bad enough. But now...in a strange place she didn't know...it was downright frightening!
She couldn't stop crying. She was no longer hungry or thirsty, but she was absolutely exhausted, both mentally and physically, and the brief glimmer of hope that the realization she was in a different sphere had brought - because she could then just open a portal and go home - had collapsed like a hosue of cards when she realized that not only could she not open a portal - and was thus stuck here - she had been robbed of her powers entirely.
Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon was now a normal girl. In a world she didn't know. That was overwhelming to a degree she couldn't quite describe. It took a while before she took notice of the hand on her shoulder, but when she did, the touch comforted her a bit, as she struggled to regain her composure. When she finally did, somewhat, her eyes red from crying now, and she was still trying to get her breathing under control, she looked up at him with big, wide eyes that were full of doubt, and hope, and sadness and desperation, as she listened to him, then looked at the chocolate. She knew very well, on an intellectual level, that she was being bribed like one does with little children, but right now she didn't care all that much. She felt horrible, and anything that could improve that feeling for a moment would be welcome.
So she took the chocolate, took a bit, and her eyes widened again, this time in surprise at the not just pleasant taste, but fantastic taste! Of course it didn't do anything at all to solve her predicament - nor did she expect it to. But it DID momentarily draw her attention away from the misery of her situation, to the extasy of the taste of this thing. She finished the whole bar, and felt a rush go through her, giving her a lot more energy apparently than she'd had a few moments ago.
When he came back from the bathroom eventually, she was a lot more jittery
"This really tastes amazing!", she exclaimed, gesturing to the empty wrapper. "It must be some kind of miracle drug because I'm not tired anymore! It's still horrible that I can't go home, of course", she added, "But right now I....I don't know. Thanks, though!", she exclaimed, her sugar high obvious.
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