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[hellrisen02]

"Yo! I seem to have my hands full at the moment, so shoot me a message and I'll get back to ya. Later~."
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[hellrisen02]

Even if it can't, I'd like to try.

[It's not quite the answer to the question he's asking, but it's as much as Duo can give. After this long... After everything that's happened...]

[It's all he can do.]

Family. Friends. A life free of fear.

[d33tached]

[A life free of fear. Something about that sentence seems to stick in D33's throat, and he swallows it down hard, sending it running down his spine instead until he's left staring at his communicator in the dark, stunned and silent.

[A long moment passes.]

I don't know if that's possible, Father Maxwell.

[hellrisen02]

[They were all the same, though they came from a multitude of backgrounds. They all shared the same pain.]

[Wasn't that the empathy that had driven them?]

Maybe. Maybe not.

But, even if one can't find it themselves, there's happiness to be found in bringing it to others.

That's what I think.

[d33tached]

[D33 wants to ask "why"? And this time, he truly wants to understand. But he knows that any answer this Shinigami might give him will likely do nothing to increase that understanding. Friends, family. Such things simply weren't meant for D33. Just one more thing that he'll never understand. And for perhaps the first time, the realization makes his stomach twist painfully and he feels quite...

[Lonesome.]

I thank you for your information, Shinigami, as always.

We will speak again soon, I'm sure.

[hellrisen02]

[Some time to let it sink in, eh?]

Anytime, kiddo.