[ Once they enter the building - and especially when they pass by all sorts of people - Illya noticably starts walking even closer to Ai. As far as that's even possible anyway, given the fact that they're holding hands, but the girl sure seems to be giving it a good effort anyway. Like being near Ai will protect her from all these strangers whose intentions she doesn't know.
It's most likely also part of why Illya is so much more quiet than her companion. She doesn't greet any of the people they pass, her gaze instead turned downward at the ground, the only sound coming from her a small: ]
Alright.
[ --when Ai asks her about that last part.
Sorry, Ai. Maybe Illya will get more chatty again when it's just the two of them, but right now she's really trying to convince her own nerves enough to not let her feet turn around and race right out of the building again. S-She's still following Ai! She can make it there..!! ]
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It's most likely also part of why Illya is so much more quiet than her companion. She doesn't greet any of the people they pass, her gaze instead turned downward at the ground, the only sound coming from her a small: ]
Alright.
[ --when Ai asks her about that last part.
Sorry, Ai. Maybe Illya will get more chatty again when it's just the two of them, but right now she's really trying to convince her own nerves enough to not let her feet turn around and race right out of the building again. S-She's still following Ai! She can make it there..!! ]