[Cliff reached out and grabbed Souji's hand. It was loose enough for Souji to escape if he so wished, but he wanted to make his point clear.
If he could find words.
As well spoken as he was when the situation called, he had learned long ago that even the most understanding of words didn't mean anything. Though he had spent his adult life working long and hard for his cause, one that would hopefully pave the way for others to work together and build a more egalitarian future, he had a hunch that he would end up being just one name among dozens in a couple hundred years....if even that.
If they were even allowed to have a future, from what he heard in that other place. 'Server Shut Down' sounded so cold compared to the reality. There was even no guarantee that his fate would end up the same as Fayt's, if his suspicions about how these different realities worked were true. For all Cliff knew, odds were that he could end up dead as well.
There was no way for him to know.
He didn't look at Souji, and didn't move. He only held that hand.
Souji deserved thanks too. He had helped Cliff experience something that he had always envied in other men.
A life of balance, of dedication to both loving his work and loving a family.]
August 19, afternoon
If he could find words.
As well spoken as he was when the situation called, he had learned long ago that even the most understanding of words didn't mean anything. Though he had spent his adult life working long and hard for his cause, one that would hopefully pave the way for others to work together and build a more egalitarian future, he had a hunch that he would end up being just one name among dozens in a couple hundred years....if even that.
If they were even allowed to have a future, from what he heard in that other place. 'Server Shut Down' sounded so cold compared to the reality. There was even no guarantee that his fate would end up the same as Fayt's, if his suspicions about how these different realities worked were true. For all Cliff knew, odds were that he could end up dead as well.
There was no way for him to know.
He didn't look at Souji, and didn't move. He only held that hand.
Souji deserved thanks too. He had helped Cliff experience something that he had always envied in other men.
A life of balance, of dedication to both loving his work and loving a family.]