[Care a lot. That's... it doesn't come anywhere near close to the way he feels, but it's true, and, after a moment, he nods slowly.]
Yeah, I don't -- [She's stumbling over her words, but he's almost as bad. Is she asking him to tell her what he'd do, if Hisoka really was killed? If he didn't come back? Tsuzuki swallows, avoiding her gaze.] He's -- he's really important to me. I don't know.
I mean. I'd still have to... I'd need to be there for Battler. So.
[He doesn't know if he can promise anything. It's too hard to make a promise like that, with that pain still so fresh in his memory. Could he really bear it? If he had to? Or would he break?
He'd probably break, he thinks, and swallows again, trying to force himself to cheer up.]
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[Care a lot. That's... it doesn't come anywhere near close to the way he feels, but it's true, and, after a moment, he nods slowly.]
Yeah, I don't -- [She's stumbling over her words, but he's almost as bad. Is she asking him to tell her what he'd do, if Hisoka really was killed? If he didn't come back? Tsuzuki swallows, avoiding her gaze.] He's -- he's really important to me. I don't know.
I mean. I'd still have to... I'd need to be there for Battler. So.
[He doesn't know if he can promise anything. It's too hard to make a promise like that, with that pain still so fresh in his memory. Could he really bear it? If he had to? Or would he break?
He'd probably break, he thinks, and swallows again, trying to force himself to cheer up.]
Anyway, he's not -- I mean, he's fine now.