[But for all the sudden change in tone, he's glad to hear everything could at least go back to some semblance of normality. He'd rather they all get into trivial, harmless, asinine things than have to deal with the shittier parts of the world, the bits of life he's been used to seeing day in and day out.
It meant that Aki had gotten over things and wasn't dwelling on the past like he could have been. It also meant that Mitsuru was able to get back up (something he never doubted) and keep on going even after her father passed away. And Iori continued to be himself, and so was Minako, for that matter. And everyone else. They were all able to move on in some way or another, something he always had trouble doing. Their sphere of life was so fundamentally different from his.
He shakes his head (bunch of idiots), and there's a lingering trace of fondness remaining in his voice when he speaks again, because for all their stupidity, they still sound like the people he remembers. Not that he'd ever say such things out loud.]
/done
It meant that Aki had gotten over things and wasn't dwelling on the past like he could have been. It also meant that Mitsuru was able to get back up (something he never doubted) and keep on going even after her father passed away. And Iori continued to be himself, and so was Minako, for that matter. And everyone else. They were all able to move on in some way or another, something he always had trouble doing. Their sphere of life was so fundamentally different from his.
He shakes his head (bunch of idiots), and there's a lingering trace of fondness remaining in his voice when he speaks again, because for all their stupidity, they still sound like the people he remembers. Not that he'd ever say such things out loud.]
I believe you.