"What about the things in my room?!"
Himeko grabbed Xu Yanwu and demanded an answer.
"Ahem, about that..."
Xu Yanwu coughed twice. "Since the invading mechs included models like Poison Spiders... aside from the collapse, there was also... an explosion."
"If you're asking whether anything in your room was left behind..."
Xu Yanwu rubbed his nose. "Then I'm guessing there's nothing left..."
"?!"
Himeko's vision blurred. She slowly released Xu Yanwu's clothes, then collapsed onto the hospital bed.
"My dresses... my cosmetics..."
Himeko looked utterly despondent as she lay in bed.
But Xu Yanwu asked curiously, "Hm? Himeko, aren't you sorry about the alcohol? I figured you'd have a lot of booze stashed in your room."
"Hehe..."
Himeko shot Xu Yanwu a glance and let out a cold laugh.
"If I had any alcohol, I'd have drunk it already. Why would I stash it away?"
"..." Xu Yanwu looked awkward.
"That's true..."
Seeing Himeko visibly wither away on the bed like a candle in the wind, Xu Yanwu tried to console her.
"Himeko, don't be so upset. They're only possessions..."
"Cheer up. Out with the old, in with the new... no, disasters never come singly... that's not right either." Xu Yanwu scratched his head. "Anyway, can't you just buy those things again?"
"Easy for you to say..."
Himeko remained utterly dejected as she lay in bed. "Do you know how much of my salary I spent on those things...?"
"Ah... I understand. Theresa still hasn't paid me either..."
With Himeko putting it that way, Xu Yanwu understood.
Hmm... it was probably about the same feeling as having his game console destroyed...
"There'll always be a way to deal with the belongings. Speaking of which..."
Xu Yanwu changed the subject.
"You still have a while before you can leave the hospital.