[He's taken to leaving the journal open when he isn't using it. Not when he's out on the ship fulfilling one duty or another, but when he's below deck fiddling with his talismans or helping with some of the more mundane tasks. He isn't checking it obsessively, but he leaves it open so at least he'll notice if anything is added.
It's why it only takes a few minutes for him to catch sight of the sketch, and he smiles to himself as he pulls the journal into his lap and watches the image of the night sky take form. It isn't so unlike the views from the ship he's on, but it's just different enough to warm him with the knowledge that it's Itachi's view point.
When it seems Itachi is finished, he runs a finger over the sketch and closes his eyes, trying to picture it. It isn't hard to figure out where Itachi is given the angles, and he tamps down on the impulse to go climb up to the crow's nest just to match him. There's the urge to respond in text or to ask him a question, but it has taken days for a response and he doesn't want to push Itachi away.
Instead, after a few minutes he turns a page and begins another drawing. This one is rougher and less refined. It's of a room where various artefacts are kept, and where bookshelves filled to the brim line each wall. This is a ship of discovery after all, and their mission is reflected in the ship itself.
This is what it's like where I am, it says without using words.]
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It's why it only takes a few minutes for him to catch sight of the sketch, and he smiles to himself as he pulls the journal into his lap and watches the image of the night sky take form. It isn't so unlike the views from the ship he's on, but it's just different enough to warm him with the knowledge that it's Itachi's view point.
When it seems Itachi is finished, he runs a finger over the sketch and closes his eyes, trying to picture it. It isn't hard to figure out where Itachi is given the angles, and he tamps down on the impulse to go climb up to the crow's nest just to match him. There's the urge to respond in text or to ask him a question, but it has taken days for a response and he doesn't want to push Itachi away.
Instead, after a few minutes he turns a page and begins another drawing. This one is rougher and less refined. It's of a room where various artefacts are kept, and where bookshelves filled to the brim line each wall. This is a ship of discovery after all, and their mission is reflected in the ship itself.
This is what it's like where I am, it says without using words.]