（ his goal, his regret... it is all for sasuke's sake, to entrust him with a burden he looks young for even now — strong, and grown, the lines are not always solidly divisive between the man he has become and the child he was. looking at him like this is perhaps the first time he doubts his goal, faced with the truth of what change it may bring. this version of his brother will cease to exist, or at least have a divergent truth in parallel. would he ask for a different life, or has he accepted this one?
these are the burdens i've agreed to live with, sasuke had said, for the sake of someone else.
and then there is the question of sasuke's regret.
a muscle twitches, barely imperceptible, in the line of his jaw. nature wars with experience wars with longing, and then — ）
She is, as I said, a member of the previous crew. Presently, she acts as our guide.
（ the simpler part. who is she. what she is to him is not anything he wishes to put words to, much less to sasuke. instinct tells him that it will complicate things unnecessarily — viveca, not one to judge and keenly aware of what sasuke is like, will understand should he take hostility out on her, but he would prefer not to contribute if at all possible. ）
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these are the burdens i've agreed to live with, sasuke had said, for the sake of someone else.
and then there is the question of sasuke's regret.
a muscle twitches, barely imperceptible, in the line of his jaw. nature wars with experience wars with longing, and then — ）
She is, as I said, a member of the previous crew. Presently, she acts as our guide.
（ the simpler part. who is she. what she is to him is not anything he wishes to put words to, much less to sasuke. instinct tells him that it will complicate things unnecessarily — viveca, not one to judge and keenly aware of what sasuke is like, will understand should he take hostility out on her, but he would prefer not to contribute if at all possible. ）
To me, she has been useful.