I knew them, most of them. They were from my world.
["His" world is laughable, considering a middle of a war is the last thing he'd seen and, like it or not, the scene most etched in his current memory. Who -or what- ever the world belonged to then or after is still very much up on the air but something catches in Neji's throat all the same.
His guard does crumble, for a too long second. Gods, it's never short of sobering to realize (again and again and again) that he won't be going back. He looks to Felicia as if she's said something contrary.]
There was a war. Or is-- I don't know. But we win, and the village and my friends are safe and they'll get the chance to grow together and... [And frankly he refuses to babble.]
I don't know if I'm glad they're gone, even knowing they'll be happy.
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["His" world is laughable, considering a middle of a war is the last thing he'd seen and, like it or not, the scene most etched in his current memory. Who -or what- ever the world belonged to then or after is still very much up on the air but something catches in Neji's throat all the same.
His guard does crumble, for a too long second. Gods, it's never short of sobering to realize (again and again and again) that he won't be going back. He looks to Felicia as if she's said something contrary.]
There was a war. Or is-- I don't know. But we win, and the village and my friends are safe and they'll get the chance to grow together and... [And frankly he refuses to babble.]
I don't know if I'm glad they're gone, even knowing they'll be happy.