[There is something about this moment that is so, so bittersweet, something Yu isn't fully grasping yet. Something about Takemichi, about the "curse" he claimed Mikey has, about the younger boy's future...
He leans his head on Mikey's shoulder, arms going around his waist. Whatever it is, it feels like Mikey is watching it come for him in real-time, like it's inching ever closer, a train that can't be avoided or derailed, waiting to crash through their lives. Is that the case? Is that how things have to be? Yu has fought gods and monsters for the power to decide his own fate. For humanity to decide their own fates. Can there really be such a thing as an unavoidable future?
... He doesn't want to think that's the case. But-- it seems like Mikey does.]
Everyone has a different strength, [he says softly, taking in those words.] That's why none of us should be alone.
[Maybe Mikey knows a little bit about that. The strengths one has as a leader are not always the strengths that the rest of the party has. That's why they're there. That's why a leader knows who to depend on, and when.]
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He leans his head on Mikey's shoulder, arms going around his waist. Whatever it is, it feels like Mikey is watching it come for him in real-time, like it's inching ever closer, a train that can't be avoided or derailed, waiting to crash through their lives. Is that the case? Is that how things have to be? Yu has fought gods and monsters for the power to decide his own fate. For humanity to decide their own fates. Can there really be such a thing as an unavoidable future?
... He doesn't want to think that's the case. But-- it seems like Mikey does.]
Everyone has a different strength, [he says softly, taking in those words.] That's why none of us should be alone.
[Maybe Mikey knows a little bit about that. The strengths one has as a leader are not always the strengths that the rest of the party has. That's why they're there. That's why a leader knows who to depend on, and when.]