[Yasusada nods, but it's a little distracted, like he's still thinking.]
For me... of course I'm sad for them. I know that all humans die, but it still hurts a lot to lose some of them. [He's quiet for a minute.] But at the same time... maybe that's part of why we can love them so much? Because we miss them, and we know that we only have that short time to be with them. And that hole they leave behind in your heart, when they're gone--nothing can make that better. So you never forget them.
[He doesn't sound entirely sure, even as he speaks--it's as though he's trying to figure it out and explain it at the same time. His mission with Tomoe simultaneously feels like so long ago, and so recent in his memories; he still hasn't fully sorted out how he feels about it, save for knowing what's next on his own journey.]
I don't know. But I've never known anything different, and I've never really imagined what it would be like if we still had humans in our time. I wouldn't exist like this if we did.
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For me... of course I'm sad for them. I know that all humans die, but it still hurts a lot to lose some of them. [He's quiet for a minute.] But at the same time... maybe that's part of why we can love them so much? Because we miss them, and we know that we only have that short time to be with them. And that hole they leave behind in your heart, when they're gone--nothing can make that better. So you never forget them.
[He doesn't sound entirely sure, even as he speaks--it's as though he's trying to figure it out and explain it at the same time. His mission with Tomoe simultaneously feels like so long ago, and so recent in his memories; he still hasn't fully sorted out how he feels about it, save for knowing what's next on his own journey.]
I don't know. But I've never known anything different, and I've never really imagined what it would be like if we still had humans in our time. I wouldn't exist like this if we did.