[ Ah, headpat. It's enough to make her expression soften a little bit. ]
Maybe not. It's probably a little silly, thinking back on it now but... but I was only thirteen. Maybe fourteen. Once you get something into your head at that age it's hard to make it unstick.
[ She's softening things a bit. She's not talking about the phone calls, the apologies for their absence, the sighs and "I'm sorry things are so busy, but it can't really be helped. You'll be a good, grown-up girl and keep yourself out of trouble, won't you?" the few times she'd bothered asking if either of them would be home on time. Because in her eyes, it really isn't something that needs mentioning. It was just the way things were.
That and... for all the time that's passed and the distance there'd been, they'd still been her parents. Even talking this frankly about them feels a little disrespectful. ]
That's why I always did my best to make sure Ruu-chan never felt like that. Not with me, at least. And I... I hope it worked.
... I guess we'll find out for sure once go and find Ruu-chan.
[ she says it with a smile but those sure aren't the words of someone fully confident in their big sistering skills. ]
But that's going to be... interesting, don't you think? It was strange enough for us to get used to all this -- space, the future. Everything else. I just hope it doesn't unsettle her too much after everything she's already been through.
[ She cracks another smile. It's small but it's a real one this time and she reaches her hand out to him again. It's not where she intended this conversation to drift. But it means that Ardyn isn't worrying himself ragged over Airlocked! so she can't say she minds. ]
... What do you think we'll all do, when this is over? I've been... thinking about that a lot lately. I mean, we can't just stay here forever, can we? We're going to have to move on eventually but actually doing that is going to be a bit of a mess...
...I'm not entirely sure. [He took Yuuri's hand with his own, the black ring feeling just a little heavy as Ardyn considered the options.] My planet is out of the question; even were I to want to return and in the hypothetical best case scenario, I doubt Noctis would ever allow that.
[which...fair.]
I'm not entirely certain what Junpei's world is like, but offhand that's sounded like the safest choice as far as I've heard.
Mmm. I'd like to be safe. After all this, I mean. But I wonder...
[ She trusts Junpei of course -- if he says his world is safe then she doesn't doubt for a second that it is. But she wonders how it would feel to suddenly be back in a Japan full of living, breathing people. Seeing a city when she's so used to ruins.
Is there a Yuuri Wakasa in his world? Is there a place for this Yuuri Wakasa in Japan of 2028? ]
I mean. It'd be a little hard to just set up a new life in a completely different world. Unless we somehow registered as citizens somewhere we'd be living off the grid for the rest of our lives.
Something like that is far easier to arrange than you think.
[Said the immortal with a legitimate driver's license.]
A little creative misdirection, occasionally a bit of illusion magic, and you have a perfectly functional life without the slightest hint of a concrete background.
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Maybe not. It's probably a little silly, thinking back on it now but... but I was only thirteen. Maybe fourteen. Once you get something into your head at that age it's hard to make it unstick.
[ She's softening things a bit. She's not talking about the phone calls, the apologies for their absence, the sighs and "I'm sorry things are so busy, but it can't really be helped. You'll be a good, grown-up girl and keep yourself out of trouble, won't you?" the few times she'd bothered asking if either of them would be home on time. Because in her eyes, it really isn't something that needs mentioning. It was just the way things were.
That and... for all the time that's passed and the distance there'd been, they'd still been her parents. Even talking this frankly about them feels a little disrespectful. ]
That's why I always did my best to make sure Ruu-chan never felt like that. Not with me, at least. And I... I hope it worked.
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[...That much, he still remembered.]
I don't have any doubt you did spectacularly.
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[ she says it with a smile but those sure aren't the words of someone fully confident in their big sistering skills. ]
But that's going to be... interesting, don't you think? It was strange enough for us to get used to all this -- space, the future. Everything else. I just hope it doesn't unsettle her too much after everything she's already been through.
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... What do you think we'll all do, when this is over? I've been... thinking about that a lot lately. I mean, we can't just stay here forever, can we? We're going to have to move on eventually but actually doing that is going to be a bit of a mess...
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[which...fair.]
I'm not entirely certain what Junpei's world is like, but offhand that's sounded like the safest choice as far as I've heard.
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[ She trusts Junpei of course -- if he says his world is safe then she doesn't doubt for a second that it is. But she wonders how it would feel to suddenly be back in a Japan full of living, breathing people. Seeing a city when she's so used to ruins.
Is there a Yuuri Wakasa in his world? Is there a place for this Yuuri Wakasa in Japan of 2028? ]
I mean. It'd be a little hard to just set up a new life in a completely different world. Unless we somehow registered as citizens somewhere we'd be living off the grid for the rest of our lives.
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[Said the immortal with a legitimate driver's license.]
A little creative misdirection, occasionally a bit of illusion magic, and you have a perfectly functional life without the slightest hint of a concrete background.
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It's really that easy... I could even finish school, if I wanted. Maybe not high school, but it'd be nice to be able to go to college...
[ Maybe she'd actually be able to pursue a career she actually wants rather than "whatever's more convenient for my family". Just imagine. ]
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[He laughed halfheartedly, squeezing Yuuri's hand lightly.]
If that's what you want, we'll see if we can't figure the logistics out once this is all over.