You're 16, Hiro. In-between child and adult, yes, but you've been leaning more to child than adult. You wish to prove your maturity, but by doing so you prove your immaturity.
I trust others in the way that matters most. It's simply a matter of work to gain more than that simple courtesy.
I'm not going to talk to him about it unless it gets brought up, I assure you. You only say that there "might have been a way" only now that the thing has happened. It was an infiltration mission, Hiro, and one that was pulled off nearly seamlessly. They're professionals and unless you had an inside man to feed you information on their moves, then I'm sad to say that there was absolutely nothing more you could've done for her. All anyone else could have done was join in almost getting themselves killed, if not actually dying. I'm keeping my own wits about me to see if I can dig up anything more about these people. They've yet to attack our side, but that may only be because yours is a much easier target.
[This next bit is the reason for Joshua's slight delay. He's reminded of when he'd been younger and having that same question directed to everyone around him, even Sanae and his own parents. Yet, he'd been so desperate for a friend that believed he wasn't just seeing things and could help him understand what was going on...he just didn't have room for those doubts after a while.
And now, after a year away from people he knows closely? Now that he can only reflect on his past whenever he thinks about them? Joshua does wonder if perhaps his friendship with Sanae has been becoming more of an obligation on his side. He has doubts and fears, but he doesn't want to give life to those thoughts. It'll hurt too much to have them confirmed, to know for sure that his closest friend had been the one who wanted him dead.
It's only after he's able to combat these thoughts and feelings that he puts pen to paper again.]
I saw things that most people didn't see when I was alive. Of course I had those doubts when I was younger. They got dispelled as I grew older and still retained a close friendship with the one person who saw what I did and knew what it meant. The bonds we have are constantly tested by time and circumstance. You'll never truly know their thoughts even if you were a telepath.
Is it right to destroy a whole district's way of life even if it meant saving Tokyo from being poisoned?
Don't knock it 'til you try it. The girls' uniforms usually had better protective abilities than the boys' in my world.
PS: Much appreciated. I can do the same on my end.
6/10, rune-sealed letter
I trust others in the way that matters most. It's simply a matter of work to gain more than that simple courtesy.
I'm not going to talk to him about it unless it gets brought up, I assure you. You only say that there "might have been a way" only now that the thing has happened. It was an infiltration mission, Hiro, and one that was pulled off nearly seamlessly. They're professionals and unless you had an inside man to feed you information on their moves, then I'm sad to say that there was absolutely nothing more you could've done for her. All anyone else could have done was join in almost getting themselves killed, if not actually dying. I'm keeping my own wits about me to see if I can dig up anything more about these people. They've yet to attack our side, but that may only be because yours is a much easier target.
[This next bit is the reason for Joshua's slight delay. He's reminded of when he'd been younger and having that same question directed to everyone around him, even Sanae and his own parents. Yet, he'd been so desperate for a friend that believed he wasn't just seeing things and could help him understand what was going on...he just didn't have room for those doubts after a while.
And now, after a year away from people he knows closely? Now that he can only reflect on his past whenever he thinks about them? Joshua does wonder if perhaps his friendship with Sanae has been becoming more of an obligation on his side. He has doubts and fears, but he doesn't want to give life to those thoughts. It'll hurt too much to have them confirmed, to know for sure that his closest friend had been the one who wanted him dead.
It's only after he's able to combat these thoughts and feelings that he puts pen to paper again.]
I saw things that most people didn't see when I was alive. Of course I had those doubts when I was younger. They got dispelled as I grew older and still retained a close friendship with the one person who saw what I did and knew what it meant. The bonds we have are constantly tested by time and circumstance. You'll never truly know their thoughts even if you were a telepath.
Is it right to destroy a whole district's way of life even if it meant saving Tokyo from being poisoned?
Don't knock it 'til you try it. The girls' uniforms usually had better protective abilities than the boys' in my world.
PS: Much appreciated. I can do the same on my end.