[And of course, there it was: a necessary talk that Souji wanted to avoid at all costs. They were friends, nothing more than that - it could be nothing more than that - and he just wanted to bury everything that had happened so far into his subconscious that he never thought of it again. He was used to doing such things and it no longer bothered him unless he actually paid attention to what he was doing.
The plastic crinkled in his hand and Saizou snorted as the water gushed a bit harder out of the bottle than he had expected. He watched the surface tension waver at the edge and then slowly relaxed, causing it to recede back. He'd spent more than enough time thinking up excuses and deflections and he knew he had to use them now, even if he wasn't exactly ready for it.]
There isn't really anything to talk about, is there? The enemy twisted the entire village into a falsehood. People will move on soon enough.
[Souji set the water bottle down and patted Saizou off his lap, climbing to his feet.]
I should get going. I'm fairly certain it's time for Tammy's afternoon feeding.
August 19, afternoon
The plastic crinkled in his hand and Saizou snorted as the water gushed a bit harder out of the bottle than he had expected. He watched the surface tension waver at the edge and then slowly relaxed, causing it to recede back. He'd spent more than enough time thinking up excuses and deflections and he knew he had to use them now, even if he wasn't exactly ready for it.]
There isn't really anything to talk about, is there? The enemy twisted the entire village into a falsehood. People will move on soon enough.
[Souji set the water bottle down and patted Saizou off his lap, climbing to his feet.]
I should get going. I'm fairly certain it's time for Tammy's afternoon feeding.