[How many of those he loved would die no matter what he did?]
[Does it even count here? He's not closer to getting Ace back and he needs to. Needs to try something.]
[Then what...]
[Does it matter?]
[He can't answer her. He couldn't answer Thatch either.]
[Is that the distance of what it means to be a phoenix? Or is it just Marco being an asshole?]
[He doesn't know.]
Spring is...
[Eyes closed so he can drift off into memories.] My father always wanted to make sure I'd have the best memories in spring. He knew how I feel about it. But it serves as a reminder of how fleeting everything is.
[What was the point of one happy moment in a sea of misery? But still, it was important, wasn't it? He had this discussion with Ikki once. It was never resolved though.]
It's my father's birthday. [The sixth.]
I find being a captain in his footsteps intolerable. It seems I shall always want to please a dead man, and I feel like a child for wishing to seek his counsel, but even on the last day I had with him, he had so much to teach me, and I had too much to learn.
no subject
[He recognizes all too well.]
[How many of those he loved would die no matter what he did?]
[Does it even count here? He's not closer to getting Ace back and he needs to. Needs to try something.]
[Then what...]
[Does it matter?]
[He can't answer her. He couldn't answer Thatch either.]
[Is that the distance of what it means to be a phoenix? Or is it just Marco being an asshole?]
[He doesn't know.]
Spring is...
[Eyes closed so he can drift off into memories.] My father always wanted to make sure I'd have the best memories in spring. He knew how I feel about it. But it serves as a reminder of how fleeting everything is.
[What was the point of one happy moment in a sea of misery? But still, it was important, wasn't it? He had this discussion with Ikki once. It was never resolved though.]
It's my father's birthday. [The sixth.]
I find being a captain in his footsteps intolerable. It seems I shall always want to please a dead man, and I feel like a child for wishing to seek his counsel, but even on the last day I had with him, he had so much to teach me, and I had too much to learn.