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People being wormholed, it's been happening rather frequently hasn't it. Is such a thing common? Periods of time where several go missing, I mean. Perhaps there's a cycle or pattern to it all.
[He's getting off track. There's a sigh, and Minato shifts in his seat.Ah... I hate to be the bearer of bad news but for those of you that knew Kushina, it ( Read more... )
[He's getting off track. There's a sigh, and Minato shifts in his seat.Ah... I hate to be the bearer of bad news but for those of you that knew Kushina, it ( Read more... )
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He wasn't about to not say something.]]
Iiiiiii Don't think you gotta apologize for maybe missin' someone who's been wormholed outta here. It's not your fault you feel a certain way.
[[There's a sound of metal hitting metal and Matt 'ow'ing in the background.]]
It's sad t'hear you lost your friend though.
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He doesn't reply right away, needing a few moments to pull himself back together. But when he does it's still audio, and the exhaustion he feels isn't hidden in the least in his tone.]
My wife. Our son, too, has left.
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..Jesus..
[[Time to employ methods from back when he was at Wammy's. Aka, social awkwardness.]]
So how long were they here with you?
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[He hadn't wanted to draw attention to himself, even knowing that was impossible with this sort of post.
It was easier, in a way, to simply relay the facts instead of actually talking about anything.]
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I'm sorry, Minato.
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Thank you, Mikoto.
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No matter how much he tried to justify their disappearance however, it didn't hurt any less. He would be alright, sure. But he would never be the same.]
Please, don't worry about me. I'll be fine.
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[it's not customary for Katsura to use audio over video; in this case, it seems rather intentional]
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[A quiet hum, affirmation. No matter the situation he was still a shinobi, still the Hokage. It was his duty to relay information and keep his calm while doing so.
He couldn't bring himself to switch to video and show how he was failing to do just that.]
It's been a tough month hasn't it, Katsura-san.
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[he'd been there to meet Naruto during his first month aboard the Thor, and find his team. he'd been there to hear Naruto talk of his late sensei and even later father, in awe and pride and insolence. he'd been there to comfort Naruto over loss and being lost, about growing up with no kind words from anyone -- and about ending up very, very far from home]
[he'd been there to watch Naruto reunite with his sensei, and see joy in two hearts that strove together. he'd been there to witness Naruto fumbling through what it meant to be in a family, with the arrival of a mother too young to have even had her son yet. he'd been there to see, after long months, a husband and father appear when it seemed Naruto needed one most]
[always in the background, maybe, far distant from the unit itself, but no less watchful, no less involved as far as his heart was concerned]
[seeing that happy family that never got a chance, only to also watch it be deconstructed again...]
[it's not just for Minato's pride that he keeps the line image-less]It ( ... )
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Certainly the kind of month best handled along with sake cups, besides.
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She's my wife.
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I see.
It is probably better that she is not here.
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Most likely. She didn't remember everything that I do, there are still things I would like for to experience, back home.
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Are you going to be all right?
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