It would have to be pretty late; there are a few other people I'm meeting with this evening. However, if that's fine, I'd be willing to meet with you later tonight; if not, any time tomorrow is fine.
[Although his job at home requires him to get up early in the mornings, he's naturally more nocturnal and has already reverted to that in Hadriel, so he doesn't mind meeting late at night if that's alright with Ushahin.
What Ushahin says next catches him a little offguard, because he hadn't thought about the possibility that the friend he mentioned was the person Sato had killed. He's silent for several seconds, trying to sort out what to say in response and quell his own emotional response; concern for Ushahin, guilt for not having been able to come up with a plan to deal with Sato quickly enough, and anger at how callous Sato had been about it are foremost, but only the first of those feelings is at all helpful.]
People here, they return, don't they?
[He asks it softly, pretty certain that's something that happens here, but maybe Ushahin doesn't know or doesn't believe it? But he wants to offer some sort of hope for him.]
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It would have to be pretty late; there are a few other people I'm meeting with this evening. However, if that's fine, I'd be willing to meet with you later tonight; if not, any time tomorrow is fine.
[Although his job at home requires him to get up early in the mornings, he's naturally more nocturnal and has already reverted to that in Hadriel, so he doesn't mind meeting late at night if that's alright with Ushahin.
What Ushahin says next catches him a little offguard, because he hadn't thought about the possibility that the friend he mentioned was the person Sato had killed. He's silent for several seconds, trying to sort out what to say in response and quell his own emotional response; concern for Ushahin, guilt for not having been able to come up with a plan to deal with Sato quickly enough, and anger at how callous Sato had been about it are foremost, but only the first of those feelings is at all helpful.]
People here, they return, don't they?
[He asks it softly, pretty certain that's something that happens here, but maybe Ushahin doesn't know or doesn't believe it? But he wants to offer some sort of hope for him.]