[ Yuuri glances over and gives Arianna a wan smile before reaching out her arm, stretching it out as if to let Arianna see and be assured: no bite. No scars, save for the one on her left, one Kurumi herself left with her trusty shovel. Just the black tattoo in all its elaborate Lucian glory. ]

... I didn't. I mean... I obviously knew when it happened. But it was one of the very, very last things I remembered during the game. And it didn't make any sense, because I'd already remembered things from so much later and Kurumi was still there. I couldn't understand how she could end up bitten and then still be with us.

[ What she doesn't voice is the fear. The possibility that she'd gone Yuki's route and just convinced herself that Kurumi was still there.

Hah. If only she'd known how right she was. ]