[Ochako makes an affirming noise, because she genuinely believes that. Having support is an immeasurable boon, and friendship is something people often take for granted, but it's powerful. Ochako's certain that, had she not had the friends she has now to walk alongside her, to build her up and make her feel strong when she was at her lowest...she wouldn't have gotten as far as she did. So many things would have been lost without everyone working together in the end.]
Eh? Wha--
[OH DEAR SWEET, GOD. Ochako was actually kind of hoping for bats? Bats would have been easier to deal with than bugs. She smacks her hands over her mouth to keep herself from screaming (or just flat out throwing up), and her stomach does a nasty somersault that makes her feel ill. That goodness for her mastery of her gag reflex, otherwise she very well may have lost her lunch all over the place, because this...this brings back some horrific memories.
There were...bugs. Insects. Beetles? Or were they bees?? Some sort of parasitic insect that built their nests, or hives, or...o-or whatever inside peoples' skin. So bad that those heavily invested lost their minds and...a-and--
Sensei...
Feeling tears well up in her eyes, Ochako forces them back and squeezes her eyes shut. No. No...don't think of that. Don't remember that. Not now. Not when she has someone to look after now.]
Slowly. [Ochako hisses in a whisper.] Mo-Move back out the room...v-very slowly...
cw: bugs/insects, parasitic mentions
Eh? Wha--
[OH DEAR SWEET, GOD. Ochako was actually kind of hoping for bats? Bats would have been easier to deal with than bugs. She smacks her hands over her mouth to keep herself from screaming (or just flat out throwing up), and her stomach does a nasty somersault that makes her feel ill. That goodness for her mastery of her gag reflex, otherwise she very well may have lost her lunch all over the place, because this...this brings back some horrific memories.
There were...bugs. Insects. Beetles? Or were they bees?? Some sort of parasitic insect that built their nests, or hives, or...o-or whatever inside peoples' skin. So bad that those heavily invested lost their minds and...a-and--
Sensei...
Feeling tears well up in her eyes, Ochako forces them back and squeezes her eyes shut. No. No...don't think of that. Don't remember that. Not now. Not when she has someone to look after now.]
Slowly. [Ochako hisses in a whisper.] Mo-Move back out the room...v-very slowly...