[ Embarrassment strikes him suddenly. Why is he telling any of this to Lalli...? He should've just kept it to himself again, let that memory he saw always be a mystery. It's so much easier to keep people away than it is to let them in.
He stares down in his empty cup. Similarly, it's easier to talk about this if he doesn't look at Lalli. He might be right, that was probably the reason Ryouma drifted away -- his ideas went beyond anything the Tosa Kinnoto could've done. It didn't make the perceived slight any less painful, though. ]
...Maybe. I jus' wonder what woulda happened if I'd followed along with him instead stickin' to what I knew. [ He still would've been killed for his role in numerous assassinations, certainly, but maybe he wouldn't have been so hungry in his final days. ] Eh, Ryouma was better off without me, anyway.
[ Time to turn his attention elsewhere. ]
Didn't think ya were th' military type, so no wonder ya found somethin' else t'do.
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Date: 2021-01-13 03:08 am (UTC)He stares down in his empty cup. Similarly, it's easier to talk about this if he doesn't look at Lalli. He might be right, that was probably the reason Ryouma drifted away -- his ideas went beyond anything the Tosa Kinnoto could've done. It didn't make the perceived slight any less painful, though. ]
...Maybe. I jus' wonder what woulda happened if I'd followed along with him instead stickin' to what I knew. [ He still would've been killed for his role in numerous assassinations, certainly, but maybe he wouldn't have been so hungry in his final days. ] Eh, Ryouma was better off without me, anyway.
[ Time to turn his attention elsewhere. ]
Didn't think ya were th' military type, so no wonder ya found somethin' else t'do.