[ Rosho's right. Either you don't mind staying in or you don't mind getting wet. The earth and the trees need it. Things grow from it.
Sasara hesitates, anyway, despite that and what he says. It's silly. He thinks of Rosho's fear, how he's got no reason to go through that stage fright if they're up there together! That's what he tells his partner. And it's what he believes; he's not a liar!
But letting Rosho shoulder the weight on his turn? Passing it off to carry? ... Trusting that he won't break under the burden?
Sasara's expression remains distant, as before, but slowly changes to something to match the gloom of the weather. More than just an unsmiling mouth and tight-knit eyebrows, his head tilts down and his shoulders sag a little more. He hears himself forgetting how to talk, silence stretching.
He hates that, too. ]
But it's because— [ He just needs to say it, Sasara knows, with the words that echo in his head now. ] It's because of that night, [ Rei's and Rosho's speeches both, they're not only between his ears but in his heart. ] When we split up, it was raining.
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[ Rosho's right. Either you don't mind staying in or you don't mind getting wet. The earth and the trees need it. Things grow from it.
Sasara hesitates, anyway, despite that and what he says. It's silly. He thinks of Rosho's fear, how he's got no reason to go through that stage fright if they're up there together! That's what he tells his partner. And it's what he believes; he's not a liar!
But letting Rosho shoulder the weight on his turn? Passing it off to carry? ... Trusting that he won't break under the burden?
Sasara's expression remains distant, as before, but slowly changes to something to match the gloom of the weather. More than just an unsmiling mouth and tight-knit eyebrows, his head tilts down and his shoulders sag a little more. He hears himself forgetting how to talk, silence stretching.
He hates that, too. ]
But it's because— [ He just needs to say it, Sasara knows, with the words that echo in his head now. ] It's because of that night, [ Rei's and Rosho's speeches both, they're not only between his ears but in his heart. ] When we split up, it was raining.