[... How alike. Goro wonders if something about that information struck true with his other self too, or if it was just the outcast typing that made the other him feel so strongly about their bond.
He moves closer, petting through Akira's hair.]
I'm sure you'll learn it in time, whether you want to or not. But such things ultimately don't matter, of course. Not just here... but I don't think it mattered very much to my other self either, outside of a shared experience in loneliness of course. He seemed to think that you and I -- that is, your other self and him -- had a kind of bond.
[Said rather fondly, or... maybe wistfully, wanting a connection. What a muddle. Did his other self really have a thing for Akira too, is this just life laughing at him.]
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He moves closer, petting through Akira's hair.]
I'm sure you'll learn it in time, whether you want to or not. But such things ultimately don't matter, of course. Not just here... but I don't think it mattered very much to my other self either, outside of a shared experience in loneliness of course. He seemed to think that you and I -- that is, your other self and him -- had a kind of bond.
[Said rather fondly, or... maybe wistfully, wanting a connection. What a muddle. Did his other self really have a thing for Akira too, is this just life laughing at him.]