{se} feels like I'm sleepwalking when you're gone

Hotaru

Somewhere my lifeline still hums and sings
In the mess of all I have thrown away

She isn't expecting the compliment - though it's for her sentiment instead of anything more tangible - to fluster her, but she ducks her head towards the earth all the same. It doesn't help when he's being so sincere, so warm, even going so far as to reassure her that he wants her here in ways a younger version of her had once longed for. "If you keep flustering me I won't be any use digging," she warns, though it's a lighthearted thing. Luckily her hair is still down (for now, if she starts to sweat it will be sacrificed to the hair tie on her wrist) which helps to conceal the smile on her face.

"No, I haven't. This is my first time here actually. I've only heard stories of it." All positive things of course, so it's likely a good thing he leaves out Isla's arguable defamation of it. Though admittedly it may have merely inspired a laugh from her now that she has met the woman. "Maybe we can make a wish when we're done?" Glancing up after shuffling another section of dirt to the side, Ru grins. "I know that's not part of the legend, but it's better than wishing on stars." Plus there's nothing that says they can't do both; wish for something private first and follow the rules thereafter to warrant good dreams.

Hungry now,
I am gathering new seeds to throw wide