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[risetocaesar]

[Really, local media? Really?]

Why would anyone write something like that? Who cares about that kind of thing, anyway? Shouldn't the media be focusing on something more important? Something that actually matters?

... and are there really people out there looking at my-- watching me run?

Cut it out.

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[themortalhalf]

[Yeah, he can imagine that, though it isn't something he'd care to.]

That's a stupid thing to be nervous about.

[Though it's not, in the end. He gets it. It's hard. And maybe there always will be something of a divide there—a disconnect that tears a jagged line through things if you look hard enough. But Aki's still Aki—he's sure that will win out when the pros and cons of things are tallied. And he doubts Minako will hold the fact he can't remember her against him. They had all forgotten her in the end. And so will he, eventually, if he's not as dead as he's been told.]

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[risetocaesar]

You think it's stupid?

[His voice takes on an injured tone -- this is clearly something that's been bothering him for some time. For shame, Shinji.]

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[themortalhalf]

[He recognizes that tone of voice easy enough. He holds back a sigh.]

More like there's no sense worrying about it. She's not like that.

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[risetocaesar]

... all right, then. I'll take your word for it on that.

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[themortalhalf]

Don't just take my word for it.

[Go and find out for yourself.

But he pauses then, briefly.]

...Does the timeline thing bother you that much?

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[risetocaesar]

A little? Obviously, I'm not complaining... without the different timelines, I would never had had the chance to see Miki again. Or you. And I'd never have met Minako.

It's just hard to get my head around it, sometimes.