[He’s been focused, to a certain degree, on things of a more personal nature. He’s been learning the city itself, and it’s people, but when it came to the big picture, he was still barely putting the pieces together. Hongo had always been more of a Big Picture guy than he was. That’s why they made such good partners, they could cover each other’s blind spots.]
[He’s quiet for a long time after Break explains. He’s gotten, well, what Anna said didn’t contradict this exactly but it left more open to the notion of returning. Or perhaps …that had just been her wishful thinking.]
[This is …no, this is more in line with some of the other answers he’d been given. Something he’s been trying not to think too hard about because if he did, he didn’t know what he would do with it. This implication that he’s not going back- that whatever’s happening here, it’s permanent, this is his new reality. He struggles for a moment with words, which is rare. Hayato is always running his mouth, even when he’s at a loss.]
I …suppose I should be thankful to hear that I’m not actually missing back home.
[He should be thankful, because it means no one’s carrying his slack, no ones looking for him. Hongo isn’t alone, he didn’t abandon his partner after all. All of this should be comforting to hear, but something just won’t sit right with him.]
The people there that are depending on me, I haven’t abandoned them. But …what does that make me here now? If I’m not fighting that war …what am I supposed to do?
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[He’s quiet for a long time after Break explains. He’s gotten, well, what Anna said didn’t contradict this exactly but it left more open to the notion of returning. Or perhaps …that had just been her wishful thinking.]
[This is …no, this is more in line with some of the other answers he’d been given. Something he’s been trying not to think too hard about because if he did, he didn’t know what he would do with it. This implication that he’s not going back- that whatever’s happening here, it’s permanent, this is his new reality. He struggles for a moment with words, which is rare. Hayato is always running his mouth, even when he’s at a loss.]
I …suppose I should be thankful to hear that I’m not actually missing back home.
[He should be thankful, because it means no one’s carrying his slack, no ones looking for him. Hongo isn’t alone, he didn’t abandon his partner after all. All of this should be comforting to hear, but something just won’t sit right with him.]
The people there that are depending on me, I haven’t abandoned them. But …what does that make me here now? If I’m not fighting that war …what am I supposed to do?