Joshua stood there somewhat dumbfounded by the sudden flow of information, he … to put it simply, he was flabbergasted, he knew Aramia had a difficult life but he didn't think it was that difficult. Sanae rubbyed the back of his head and neck before sighing. “Phones. Chill. He's right though J. 'cept, I think he's exaggertaing about the both of you destroying Shibuya. Phones, Mia would never destroy Shibuya, hurting J here ain't worth it because she likes you too much. That and the son of her alternate works as a cop here.”He said before turning his attention to Joshua.
“She told you her kid was a detective from Inaba. But she never mentioned that he works full time here in Shibuya has she? Because she doesn't trust you J. She's pretty sure you're gonna try and use her kids against her, but I'll tell you this much, even if you want to, don't go for the Kiryu twins nor Damien. Go for the twins and Damien would kill you for them. He won't care if you're an alternate of the man who raised him, those twins may as well be his kids because he had to raise them after his version of his mother went ballistic and his version of you was put in the hospital due to deteriorating mental and physical health because of all the problems with his Mia. And while that sounds bad? It ain't Mia's and despite that, that girl and the kid, Damien, have that daily struggle to deal with, they struggle just to make it by J, monetary wise they're solid, it's work they've got piled high.
“Damien, because he was raised by the other you and the twins are way too young, He had to take over as composer of Shibuya in the world he was in, he comes to this Shibuya to take a break, to feel normal. Because that kid has a few jobs to deal with. He's a reaper like his mom part time, then there's the composer job, and then there's his job as a detective. And to top it off? He gets stuck with custody of the twins because his mother is mentally unfit to care for them because that version of Mia snapped under all the years of crap building up on her.
“The Mia that just ran out crying J, you wanna know the real reason she visits this Shibuya? Because she met a version of Phones that isn't an ass to her, here, and sometimes, to lighten Damien's load, she takes some of his reaper and composer paperwork, and comes here to do it. I've been keeping that information secret for her from even the HG because we both know the old coots ain't gonna cut her some slack, they'd assume she was stealing that paperwork, not trying to help.” Hanekoma was calm the entire time, as he was scolding Joshua, one could probably tell that a lot of the information he had was from getting to know Mia on a personal level and being so kind to her she just kept going to him.
Joshua sighed, he was still pissed that Mia stooped to such a low blow but... man, why the hell did Sanae have to wait til now to tell him all of this? It just made him feel like shit... and while he knew he was probably going to add on more hurt, he asked anyway. “And why did she cut herself off? Why did her sister hate her and what was it that her sister did?”
“She was tortured and beaten to death numerous times J. Her sister hates her guts because in that twisted gal's mind, it's Mia's fault that their family doesn't have their parents anymore. Basically, Mia was treated the same way you were by the council when you screwed up, but worse because she was just a 10 year old when she was “punished” that way.”
Shit... That did make it a hell of a lot worse... He unconsciously rubbed at his left shoulder, he understood all of Mia's lectures now, about why it was wrong to be so forceful with children, that was why “She... She has issues letting go Sanae, you know she isn't going to forgive me.”
The barista nodded, “Well aware, she's just like Phones in that respect.” He said with a smiled towards the orange haired boy. “But you screwed up J. Both of you should be apologizing to each other. You majorly because you assumed things that just weren't true.”
Joshua sighed softly before facing Neku. “I'm... I'm sorry that you had to watch all of that Neku. And, I really hope you never have to see such a fight between us again. But, she likes you much better than she does me, obviously so... would it be too much to ask of you to help me find her? She went into the UG... and while she can take care of herself, I'm also well aware that emotional turmoil can attract noise and she could get seriously hurt if we don't find her soon.”