[He actually laughs at that, the genuine, almost-disused Shiro laugh. Which dulls at the next topic.]
A lot of reasons - they don't seem very logical, after the fact. But, when I washed up here, after Deerington, I was alone. [Sort of. He pauses, long enough to drink some more coffee.] Friends were missing, family missing. My partner was missing.
And I dealt with it all by holing up. Throwing myself into work so I couldn't drag people like Wu and Mako down.
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[He actually laughs at that, the genuine, almost-disused Shiro laugh. Which dulls at the next topic.]
A lot of reasons - they don't seem very logical, after the fact. But, when I washed up here, after Deerington, I was alone. [Sort of. He pauses, long enough to drink some more coffee.] Friends were missing, family missing. My partner was missing.
And I dealt with it all by holing up. Throwing myself into work so I couldn't drag people like Wu and Mako down.