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Haruna's emotional landscape was complex, full of concern and anxiety yet shadowed by lingering grief. Worry and a hint of embarrassment colored the terrain a few moments after Suki started thinking Suki things, something that remained even as it was illuminated by a flare of confusion. Haruna blinked twice at being asked what she needed help with. [color=fff79a][i]I guess I should have expected the kurai girls to be a little weird.[/i][/color] Fortunately for Haruna, this unexpected response wasn't calling into question her philosophy, motivations, or future; it was just perpendicular to what she'd expected. 

[color=fff79a]"Er, no,"[/color] she began, sparing another brief glance for the girl with the untoward desires. Was her silence because she was checking Haruna out or something? Not that she had much to check out, so it was probably just pointed at someone else that Haruna happened to remind the girl of. She couldn't really tell without transforming, and Haruna [i]definitely[/i] wasn't doing that in school unless it was absolutely necessary. [color=fff79a]"I wanted to ask if [i]you[/i] needed help. From me. Or, not me specifically, because you don't really know me. . ."[/color] She took a breath. [i][color=fff79a]Focus, Haruna.[/color][/i]

[color=fff79a]"Actually, let me just start there,"[/color] she said hurriedly. Introducing herself would buy her a little time to think about how exactly she was supposed to go about inquiring after this girl's problems without admitting that she'd used her magical abilities to pull her suicidal urges straight from her skull to read them. [color=fff79a]"My name is Maeda Haruna, this is my first day here. I want to do better at being kind to my classmates this year."[/color] Even if there wasn't the ever-present fear that the dark magical girls and/or their leader would figure out who she was and then kill her or run her out of town, the invasion of privacy might bother people. Haruna would only use it for good, of course, but she was also a stranger poking her nose into the most private possible place. 

[color=fff79a]"You kinda seemed out of it, I guess, so I wanted to make sure you were doing okay."[/color] A whiff of frustration entered her emotional palette as she searched for a more polite way to phrase her next statement and ultimately failed. [color=fff79a]"Not to be mean or something, but I saw you kinda zombie walking over here. That can be a sign of depression. And stuff." [i]Excellent work, Haruna, very normal and not at all weird to say to a total stranger.[/i][/color]