( Red pauses at the answer with this clenching tightness in her chest. It's been on her mind too since Fei left abruptly, since Vanessa went through the beacon. This world is temporary. All the people she cares about, all the people who care about her, it'll all be gone like that, because none of them belong here. And it's so fucked up.

She reaches up to rest a hand against Hermione's arm, giving it a gentle tug away so her hand might fall away from her face. When it does, Red shakes her head, swallowing thickly before she finds the words: )

Why would I think that's dumb? ( It's asked quietly. ) I wish the same. I wish we could remember. I wish we could choose if we wanted to stay or go or go with someone else- ( It's all impossible, but it doesn't stop her from wishing, and so she insists: ) It's not dumb.