๏ผ he cycles through a half-dozen responses, some crueler than the others.
unbidden, he considers sasuke. what would his brother say, to his being trusted? welcomed by others, insistent on his being the lesser of two evils? perhaps that is why, in the end, he says only: ๏ผ
Very well.
๏ผ there are days when not being the man his brother thought he was when he was just a child come back to haunt him. ๏ผ
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unbidden, he considers sasuke. what would his brother say, to his being trusted? welcomed by others, insistent on his being the lesser of two evils? perhaps that is why, in the end, he says only: ๏ผ
Very well.
๏ผ there are days when not being the man his brother thought he was when he was just a child come back to haunt him. ๏ผ