we both need this. / @2chocobo
❝ satoru . ❞ like a habit, it is spoken. like a ritual, they turn.
❝ i know that you always return from the higher-up’s assignments . i see no reason to miss you . ❞ there is faith in those words - and though they do not know the reason it sinks so deeply into their essence, it resides there, even as they grasp the gifts given to them. wide orange hues inspecting the contents ; one woven arm lifted up and down between their fingertips. ❝ i do not require gifts from you from your travels, satoru . ❞ they are not essential things. these things that reside upon the cabinets of their homes - in their drawers and tables, assortments that have become commonplace from the frequency of his travels --- they are not what matters to them.
❝ so long as you return, that is enough . ❞
❝ --- what is that expression, satoru ? ❞ was it such an odd thing to utter ?