[ GUESS WHO IS OUT AND ABOUT TONIGHT. and sulking. someone else he liked got sent home, and that has him feeling pretty damn blue. he's by the river that night, wondering if maybe getting back into a training routine will make him feel more like himself. ]
[ destroying stuff as a means of letting pent up aggression is the best way to get rid of it! he's considering lobbing some zaiphon into the river when--
it's dark but the moon is bright so -- oh. he wracks his brain for her name for a second. ]
[ this month is officially known as the month shuri hates most. ]
At least she's home now. [ he shrugs. he's trying hard to focus on being annoyed about it rather than get sad. ] We talked about what we would do for the council if that happened. I've just got to work harder.
[Katara doesn't even blink at that.] Isn't it like they die? Or maybe it's almost worse than that - because we know they're alive back in their home, and we know that's where they're supposed to be, but we'll never see them again - or if we do, there's no guarantee they'll remember us. It makes it hard to grieve. Especially since we feel like we're supposed to be happy, but all we know is... it hurts.
[Having Nami, Usopp, and Luffy disappear in quick succession, on top of the numerous other people she's lost - including Diana, so recently - well. Katara's had a lot of time to think about this. And, as always, she's shameless when it comes to bearing her emotions.]
It's not. Not unless they'er going back to that, it's not like they die at all... they get to go home and live their lives. If they were dead, then they would just be -- dead. They wouldn't move anymore, and they'd be just gone forever. Even if we don't see them again, it's better than them being dead!
[ dead. he hates that word. but he's looking up at the moon as he talks. ]
... But it hurts. I want to trade places with everyone who went home so it stops happening to me!
I think we all feel that way sometimes. We're not supposed to be here, but we adapt the best we can. And then something happens to remind us that we're not supposed to be here, so we have to adjust all over again. It's not right, and it's not fair.
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Shuri?
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it's dark but the moon is bright so -- oh. he wracks his brain for her name for a second. ]
Katara.
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What about you?
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I couldn't sleep, so I decided to take a walk.
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Oh. [ hands in his pockets. he looks up at the mooon. ] It's bright out tonight.
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[She gives him a considering look.]
Are you all right?
[...vaguely, it feels as if she's had a similar conversation with him once before.]
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[ ... a long pause. He totally tries to sound nonchalant. ]
Miss Mitsuru went home.
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That's hard. I'm sorry.
[Nothing really makes this better.]
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At least she's home now. [ he shrugs. he's trying hard to focus on being annoyed about it rather than get sad. ] We talked about what we would do for the council if that happened. I've just got to work harder.
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At least it'll be something to work towards. That will be a nice way to remember her here, too.
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[Having Nami, Usopp, and Luffy disappear in quick succession, on top of the numerous other people she's lost - including Diana, so recently - well. Katara's had a lot of time to think about this. And, as always, she's shameless when it comes to bearing her emotions.]
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[ dead. he hates that word. but he's looking up at the moon as he talks. ]
... But it hurts. I want to trade places with everyone who went home so it stops happening to me!
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[But it's just the way it is.]
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