13 SENTINELS: Aegis RIM: ANOTHER STORY - [PART I] (BOOK I)

9.13. Iori's Perspective: Sakura HS: Nurse's Office

Iori was completely knocked out.
Before Iori knew it, she awakened to see she was now in the nurse's office.
Iori sits up and looks at her surroundings.

???:  "Looks like you've come to."
Ms. Morimura says.

Miwako:  "I'm so glad you're okay, Iori-chan."

Iori:  "Miwa-chan..."

Miwako:  "You were lying on the floor..."

Ms. Morimura:  "Completely unconscious."
Ms. Morimura:  How do you feel?"

???:  "Are you all right?"

Iori:  "S-senpai..."
Iori:  "...Huh?"
Iori quickly gets out of the clinic bed and puts on her shoes.

Miwako:  "Don't push yourself."

Ms. Morimura:  "You should stay in bed."

Iori:  "Um..."
Iori:  "I'm okay..."
Iori:  "..."
Iori:  "How did I get here?"

Miwako:  "Gouto-senpai found you."
Miwako:  "He carried you all the way here."

Iori:  "He did what...?"
Iori:  "Senpai, the burning city..."
Iori:  "Were you there too?"

Gouto:  "I don't know what you're talking about."
Gouto:  "You had collapsed in the science room."

Iori:  "Huh?"
Iori:  "The science room...?"
Iori:  "While you were in there, uh..."
Iori:  "How do I say this..."
Iori:  "Did you see any... weird flashing screens?"
Iori:  "Anything like that?"

Gouto:  "...No."
Gouto:  "There was nothing of the sort."
Gouto:  "A dream."
Gouto:  "That's all it was, I'm sure."

Iori:  "A dream...?"
Iori:  'No, it wasn't...'

Iori turns to Miwako.
Iori:  "Miwa-chan..."
Iori:  "I saw it."
Iori:  "The burning city from my dreams."

Miwako:  "Another nightmare?"

Iori:  "No."
Iori shakes her head calmly.

Iori:  "I was actually there."

Ms. Morimura:  "..."

Miwako:  "..."
Miwako:  "Let's calm down, Iori-chan."
Miwako:  "It was just another dream."

Iori:  "A dream...?"
Iori:  '...'
Iori:  'No...'
Iori:  'None of these were dreams...'
Iori:  'I was actually there...!'

Iori recalls her memories.
They were real.
The dream she always had about the burning city, she went there.
And she knows she was there.
'Him'...
She saw 'him' there.
The scenery plus 'him' proves...
That short amount of time she was there, it was all real!
Fuyusaka Iori was actually there!

Iori:  "There's no way."
Iori:  "There's no way it was a dream."
Iori:  "It was real!"
Iori:  "And I saw..."
Iori:  "Him..."

Ms. Morimura:  "..."
Gouto:  "..."

Iori:  "He was there..."
Iori:  "At the burning city..."

Miwako:  "Iori-chan..."

Iori:  'It's real.'
Iori:  'I was actually there.'
Iori:  'It all felt real to me...'
Iori:  'Even meeting 'him'...'
Iori:  'That encounter...'
Iori:  'Everything was not a lie!'