[He's using the present tense, which is... something that he does, when he's in denial. But it's a comfort, a reminder to have faith in the saniwa--if they could find their souls once, then surely they'll find them again, right? It won't be the same, but if they don't succeed here... there's still hope.]
Tsurumaru-san is much older than I am. He's had a lot of masters.
[Yasusada honestly doesn't know that much about Tsurumaru's history because Tsurumaru is a weird old man, but that doesn't make his loss any easier.]
[ it's things like this that make it hard for steph to understand how some people can be flippant about these deaths, even if they weren't personally close to the person who died.
did she know tsurumaru? no. but yasasada did, and so did others, and he had a life before being here. they should be more kind. ]
... we're going to figure it out. And then we can see him again.
[It's kind of her to try and reassure him, even though they weren't close before. He smiles a little, but it's clear his heart isn't really in it; it can't be, right now. Still, he does appreciate it.]
...Our master can find his spirit again, if they have to. I'm sure of it. [...] But I'd rather we save him ourselves. So it doesn't come to that.
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her expression softens. ]
Was he... um, a sword too? Okita told me a little about it.
[ she did not understand and i, francy, also did not understand at the time ]
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[He's using the present tense, which is... something that he does, when he's in denial. But it's a comfort, a reminder to have faith in the saniwa--if they could find their souls once, then surely they'll find them again, right? It won't be the same, but if they don't succeed here... there's still hope.]
Tsurumaru-san is much older than I am. He's had a lot of masters.
[Yasusada honestly doesn't know that much about Tsurumaru's history because Tsurumaru is a weird old man, but that doesn't make his loss any easier.]
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did she know tsurumaru? no. but yasasada did, and so did others, and he had a life before being here. they should be more kind. ]
... we're going to figure it out. And then we can see him again.
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...Our master can find his spirit again, if they have to. I'm sure of it. [...] But I'd rather we save him ourselves. So it doesn't come to that.
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[ it'll make things feel a little less hopeless, like they have more control in what's going on. ]
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[He's pretty sure he knows what the answer is, but it's worth asking.]
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[ WHERE IS THEIR INVESTIGATION ]