[Laughs softly, tugs him around the shoulders with a one-armed hug and gently nudges a fist to his chin.] When you love someone, you love the potential they have to become too. If you're a happier more well-adjusted Ikki, he'll just be happy for you. We can get food and drinks first if you want, but don't hide away from him long, phoenix. I spent 5 years away from Thatch and Namur, they were completely hidden in the same world as me. In that time, I dealt with Pops' funeral, met a version of Ace who was a marine, another version of Ace I couldn't hold onto, twice, got married, adopted another brother, and a son. It was a a lot to make them adjust to all at once, but they're my brothers, they're not so weak as to want to spend another minute away from me just because of my issues, eh?
And Thatch had it roughest to adjust. Twenty years we were together through everything. Suddenly I had a whole life outside of him. But he's my brother. He rose up, he's my first mate in the crew, and when I was lost in Ceres, he still looked after Grell and Namur for me. Don't avoid him long, eh? Not for him, not for you.
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[Laughs softly, tugs him around the shoulders with a one-armed hug and gently nudges a fist to his chin.] When you love someone, you love the potential they have to become too. If you're a happier more well-adjusted Ikki, he'll just be happy for you. We can get food and drinks first if you want, but don't hide away from him long, phoenix. I spent 5 years away from Thatch and Namur, they were completely hidden in the same world as me. In that time, I dealt with Pops' funeral, met a version of Ace who was a marine, another version of Ace I couldn't hold onto, twice, got married, adopted another brother, and a son. It was a a lot to make them adjust to all at once, but they're my brothers, they're not so weak as to want to spend another minute away from me just because of my issues, eh?
And Thatch had it roughest to adjust. Twenty years we were together through everything. Suddenly I had a whole life outside of him. But he's my brother. He rose up, he's my first mate in the crew, and when I was lost in Ceres, he still looked after Grell and Namur for me. Don't avoid him long, eh? Not for him, not for you.