Akechi visibly relaxes, setting the mug carefully on the counter. He doesn't trust himself to pour just yet.]
It'd be a lie to say that I'm not envious of your world. Just for that.
[How many dark paths would he have not walked, if not for that?
He tells himself that there's no point dwelling on it. That he's not the one who can turn back time. It doesn't stop the hungering ache.]
If you get the chance to meet her, be sure to treat her well.
[Because a version of his mother that survived... All it takes is a moment of weakness. He knows that. He's seen Players play it out too many times to not.
So, that's a version of his mother who never had that moment.
With that, Akechi seems all too happy to close the subject.]
In any case, I never really learned to cook. I didn't have occasion or time to do so in life, and my partner now is one of those people who plans meals for far more people than he actually has to feed to fill his need to coordinate something, so I never have to worry about going hungry.
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Akechi visibly relaxes, setting the mug carefully on the counter. He doesn't trust himself to pour just yet.]
It'd be a lie to say that I'm not envious of your world. Just for that.
[How many dark paths would he have not walked, if not for that?
He tells himself that there's no point dwelling on it. That he's not the one who can turn back time. It doesn't stop the hungering ache.]
If you get the chance to meet her, be sure to treat her well.
[Because a version of his mother that survived... All it takes is a moment of weakness. He knows that. He's seen Players play it out too many times to not.
So, that's a version of his mother who never had that moment.
With that, Akechi seems all too happy to close the subject.]
In any case, I never really learned to cook. I didn't have occasion or time to do so in life, and my partner now is one of those people who plans meals for far more people than he actually has to feed to fill his need to coordinate something, so I never have to worry about going hungry.