[ Subaru shakes his head as he hands one of the completed shide to Caelus to hold. ]
No, it's just something my grandmother taught me. Streamers like these are used in ceremonies in Japan.
[ When he was struggling to keep up with high school and his work as the head of his clan, art classes were often the first to go. If he has any talent for it, he's long overlooked it in favor of power. He starts on a second streamer, intending to attach them to the notches he made on the sticks now standing upright in front of the trailer. As he works, fingers deft and sure in their little undertaking, near instinctual, his expression mellows.
He remembers the second conversation he'd had with Megumi. That patchwork memory of Shibuya in ruin, the trapped civilians and fallen allies. Being attacked, the window... so much blood for one boy to shed. ]
If you could do that, please do. [ He says, despite himself. There is no taking the things Megumi has already experienced away. There is no going back from the role he was given by the gift of his power, his birthright. But still... ] I know there are things he wishes to do when he returns home that none of us can change. But while he's here, he should know some of those good experiences too.
[ Is it the right place for it? Maybe not. But it doesn't stop him from thinking so. ]
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No, it's just something my grandmother taught me. Streamers like these are used in ceremonies in Japan.
[ When he was struggling to keep up with high school and his work as the head of his clan, art classes were often the first to go. If he has any talent for it, he's long overlooked it in favor of power. He starts on a second streamer, intending to attach them to the notches he made on the sticks now standing upright in front of the trailer. As he works, fingers deft and sure in their little undertaking, near instinctual, his expression mellows.
He remembers the second conversation he'd had with Megumi. That patchwork memory of Shibuya in ruin, the trapped civilians and fallen allies. Being attacked, the window... so much blood for one boy to shed. ]
If you could do that, please do. [ He says, despite himself. There is no taking the things Megumi has already experienced away. There is no going back from the role he was given by the gift of his power, his birthright. But still... ] I know there are things he wishes to do when he returns home that none of us can change. But while he's here, he should know some of those good experiences too.
[ Is it the right place for it? Maybe not. But it doesn't stop him from thinking so. ]