[ That's not the way it should be. Heck, he and Minato had been teenagers when they'd been taking care of Ken, and they'd tried so, so hard to make sure that he didn't feel burdened by their own disasters. He thinks that they did a pretty good job of it. So if they could pull it off, what's with these guys? Why take a kid in when you can't even do a half-decent job? Nobody deserves to have to take care of the people who were acting as their parents at that young an age. ]
Yeah. Yeah, of course I want to hear it, [ Jaime says, shifting towards her a little. ] I wanna hear about anything you wanna tell me.
[ That's a blanket statement more than anything else, but it's a true one. It's easy enough to tell that he's telling the truth, with the full force of his attention on her, wanting to learn more about all of those years that had been taken away from her along with that entire world. There are no physical keepsakes he can go through like Ruka can go through his pictures, no remnants of the people that were. Just her and her memories.
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Yeah. Yeah, of course I want to hear it, [ Jaime says, shifting towards her a little. ] I wanna hear about anything you wanna tell me.
[ That's a blanket statement more than anything else, but it's a true one. It's easy enough to tell that he's telling the truth, with the full force of his attention on her, wanting to learn more about all of those years that had been taken away from her along with that entire world. There are no physical keepsakes he can go through like Ruka can go through his pictures, no remnants of the people that were. Just her and her memories.
And now Jaime and his own, in a way. ]