[ it's funny, because his whole life has been watching other people die before him. young soldiers there at breakfast and gone at dusk is so very familiar. it's just jiaoqiu was never out enough in the line of fire, and he was always the one to watch the remains come back.
silence, for a moment. ]
Ah, well. I suppose I don't know how long I have left even without the grievous injuries.
[ he's pretty old. still, his thoughts are just a scribble of being tired of having to give up the things he loves in the name of duty. ]
[ oof. for a scribble, that thought's pretty clear. he winces, and reaches to put his hand firmly on jiaoqiu's arm. ]
Ugh, c'mon, don't start talkin' like that.
[ like your life don't matter. ]
...You've got the option of stayin' in Heaven too if you'd rather, don't you? [ not that this is much of a pitch when they're having this conversation in this awful cafeteria. ] If you don't think goin' back to your world is that important. Reckon you wouldn't have to wait so long for the rest of us then, and I doubt you'd be the only one stayin' behind anyway.
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silence, for a moment. ]
Ah, well. I suppose I don't know how long I have left even without the grievous injuries.
[ he's pretty old. still, his thoughts are just a scribble of being tired of having to give up the things he loves in the name of duty. ]
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Ugh, c'mon, don't start talkin' like that.
[ like your life don't matter. ]
...You've got the option of stayin' in Heaven too if you'd rather, don't you? [ not that this is much of a pitch when they're having this conversation in this awful cafeteria. ] If you don't think goin' back to your world is that important. Reckon you wouldn't have to wait so long for the rest of us then, and I doubt you'd be the only one stayin' behind anyway.
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No, I must go back. [ for a lot of reasons, but. ] It will not be a hardship. I did not hate my life. Mostly, I cannot leave Feixiao.
[ ... ]
I wouldn't want to stay here by myself, in any case. That would be worse.