[The frown on his face persists, but it's not angry, just a bit hurt even with her words. He knows she doesn't think like that, she wouldn't let him say those things if she thought so, but still even if it's a joke or just a way to make herself be strong, it hurts. He knows what she thinks, it doesn't take a genius to figure why she may not like him saying those things.
In Luceti there's no such a thing as forever. Promises made, swears, they all mean nothing the moment one is sent back home, because memories disappear and they will just continue their lives without any second thoughts. That's what fate dictates. That's how the rules of this world work.
But he has defied the rules of a world before, it took many tries and a lot of time, but he did it. They challenged the rules and broke them, they destroyed the imposed fate. Maybe Rika won't reach adulthood after all, maybe she just avoided Takano to go and die in a traffic accident a week later. No one knows, there's no such a thing as forever. But it can be done. Even if he's sent back... He believes there's a way for another miracle to happen. If he believes strongly enough, if the friends he meets here wish for it strongly enough, maybe one day he will go with his father to one of his expositions, maybe he will meet many people there and among those will be a member of a certain wealthy family, among whose members is a little red haired girl who loves her older brother dearly. Maybe one day, he will get to work as a social worker and meet a blue haired boy who has lost all his family in an accident and whose relatives don't care enough to keep him with them for long. Or maybe... Maybe that future he saw and dislikes will happen after all, maybe he will become a wizard, and maybe that wizard will gain the memories the piece lost.
The solutions aren't perfect, but they are there but if he doesn't believe in them he will never be able to reach them.]
It's okay... I know you don't really think so...
[His hands squeeze hers a bit again as he looks into her eyes...
But now is not the moment. It's not a good time yet, something tells him so. So he slides back a bit, his hand leaving her waist and searching for her other hand.]
Seems you're already used to standing on ice, you're not shaking that much. Want to try to skate a bit?
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In Luceti there's no such a thing as forever. Promises made, swears, they all mean nothing the moment one is sent back home, because memories disappear and they will just continue their lives without any second thoughts. That's what fate dictates. That's how the rules of this world work.
But he has defied the rules of a world before, it took many tries and a lot of time, but he did it. They challenged the rules and broke them, they destroyed the imposed fate. Maybe Rika won't reach adulthood after all, maybe she just avoided Takano to go and die in a traffic accident a week later. No one knows, there's no such a thing as forever. But it can be done. Even if he's sent back... He believes there's a way for another miracle to happen. If he believes strongly enough, if the friends he meets here wish for it strongly enough, maybe one day he will go with his father to one of his expositions, maybe he will meet many people there and among those will be a member of a certain wealthy family, among whose members is a little red haired girl who loves her older brother dearly. Maybe one day, he will get to work as a social worker and meet a blue haired boy who has lost all his family in an accident and whose relatives don't care enough to keep him with them for long. Or maybe... Maybe that future he saw and dislikes will happen after all, maybe he will become a wizard, and maybe that wizard will gain the memories the piece lost.
The solutions aren't perfect, but they are there but if he doesn't believe in them he will never be able to reach them.]
It's okay... I know you don't really think so...
[His hands squeeze hers a bit again as he looks into her eyes...
But now is not the moment. It's not a good time yet, something tells him so. So he slides back a bit, his hand leaving her waist and searching for her other hand.]
Seems you're already used to standing on ice, you're not shaking that much. Want to try to skate a bit?