[Ages for Shadow, but quite literally seconds for Maria. She remembers wishing her best friend well and seeing him off, unknowing of what would happen then on, but...accepting of whatever that may be. Maria has an inkling - Shadow wouldn't want to preserve them in that place, with Chaos Control, if something wasn't going to happen - but...she doesn't want to open that door right now. It's not about her anyway. She had a good life, a full life, despite her illness and everything that came with it. If anything, she's happy she got the chance to meet Shadow, and if she wasn't sick...that wouldn't have happened. In a weird way, something bad brought about something she wouldn't trade for the world. So...she doesn't feel bad. Seeing him go didn't hurt as much as she thought it would.
Even so, it doesn't mean it didn't sting a little, or she wasn't sad to see him go. It was a bittersweet feeling, happy and a little sad. And it may be why Maria seems to perk up when she hears her name in that familiar tone, why she breaks away from the person who was offering her the clothes, and looks around wildly, trying to spot who called out to her with an air of urgency.]
Shadow?! [The crowd is thick, and she's making sure to peer low, between all the moving bodies, calling out again--] Shadow, I'm here!!
HELL YEAH GIMME THAT DUMP
Even so, it doesn't mean it didn't sting a little, or she wasn't sad to see him go. It was a bittersweet feeling, happy and a little sad. And it may be why Maria seems to perk up when she hears her name in that familiar tone, why she breaks away from the person who was offering her the clothes, and looks around wildly, trying to spot who called out to her with an air of urgency.]
Shadow?! [The crowd is thick, and she's making sure to peer low, between all the moving bodies, calling out again--] Shadow, I'm here!!