Any of his friends from home would know that he wasn't fine. Even Cliff, who he'd known only a few months, knew he wasn't fine. His friends from home, however, had always left Souji to his own devices after something rattled him, knowing that the captain would eventually rejoin them when he was ready. Here, it was harder. Here, when bad things happened and when he felt his identity twisted into shapes, it only served to remind him that everyone he knew was dead or gone. He was twenty-five now. If time were flowing back home, they were all dead and so was he. He had died unmarried, without children. The idea of it made him sick.
Saizou crunched on the bottle cap and Souji pulled it away, uncapping it finally to hold it out for his pig to suck the water out.]
The battle was over.
[Simple military assessment made things easier.]
Fayt-kun seemed to be fine. As did you. I was relatively unharmed. I saw no need to stay when more qualified people were tending to the wounded on the field.
August 19, afternoon
Any of his friends from home would know that he wasn't fine. Even Cliff, who he'd known only a few months, knew he wasn't fine. His friends from home, however, had always left Souji to his own devices after something rattled him, knowing that the captain would eventually rejoin them when he was ready. Here, it was harder. Here, when bad things happened and when he felt his identity twisted into shapes, it only served to remind him that everyone he knew was dead or gone. He was twenty-five now. If time were flowing back home, they were all dead and so was he. He had died unmarried, without children. The idea of it made him sick.
Saizou crunched on the bottle cap and Souji pulled it away, uncapping it finally to hold it out for his pig to suck the water out.]
The battle was over.
[Simple military assessment made things easier.]
Fayt-kun seemed to be fine. As did you. I was relatively unharmed. I saw no need to stay when more qualified people were tending to the wounded on the field.