Oh, Robin-san!

[ smiles brightly SHE WANTS TO TALK TO HIM!! YEAH!!!

...oh, this is just about business stuff, isn't it.

he shakes his head. ]

No, I haven't. And I don't think I really want to. It seems like way too big of a liability... I mean, the idea of someone else having to die if I get killed...?

[ and MORE importantly, the idea of HIM having to die if someone else gets killed!!! ]

I don't know if a shot at greater power or whatever could really be worth that.

[ i love you, totty. ]

That's understandable. I wanted to hear everyone's thoughts for their own.

[ in the inevitable case someone is murdered, as is becoming the norm. ]

You are your own until the end.

[ and the shadows come. ]

[ oh. well. fuck.

as much as he's been crushing on her this whole time, he hasn't made that much of an effort to really get to know her, and hadn't expected this heavy of a backstory... though in retrospect, maybe he should have picked up on some hints in her profile. ]

Ah...

[ he doesn't know what to say when he sees memories like this; the feelings he's gradually becoming acquainted with through others' experiences here are ones he never had any reason to feel before. it's almost embarrassing how stupid and inconsequential his own memories seem in comparison. ]

Sorry.

[ robin has long since made her peace with losing her mother. she smiles, for as much as reliving it pains her, it is part of her foundation. ]

It is all right. It was a long time ago, and I hold what my mother wanted for me close.

[ growing as a character from past experiences... what is that like ]

Is she a part of why you sing?

[ sorry for the genre of your life, totty. ]

She is. She taught me how emotions can be conveyed through song even if you can't hear it.

Huh... I've never heard it put like that before.

If you don't falter even if there is no one to hear or see you, there is strength in that alone.

[ at least, that's what she believes. ]

[ nods... ]

Yeah, that makes sense, I guess.

[ he's not sure where that would put him. maybe there's a little bit of strength there somewhere.

...and it's return memory time. (literally nothing happens in this segment, i'm sorry, it's just 8+ minutes of him and his brothers talking while walking home and being more introspective than usual but i like it a lot because of that. if you want a more fun one i can also do that!!) ]

[ accepts and holds any and every memory you give me

it's an introspective conversation, and it's robin's confirmation of how many brothers todomatsu has. it's nice to see them discuss what comes to their minds even if at the end it becomes a bit more morose. ]

You all must be close.

[ at least this wasn't a horrifically embarrassing memory that made him look terrible, so he'll take it... ]

Yeah, I guess so.

[ even though he HATES THEM SO MUCH OF THE TIME ]

It'd be kind of hard not to be.

[ it's a good thing she can't read bracket text.

she thinks about what he says for a moment. ]

Would you miss it, if you weren't as close anymore?

[ she smiles, a tinge of sadness to it. ]

I'd feel the same. I miss my brother.

[ being here... has been difficult for more than just witnesses murder, death, and more murder. ]

You're still close to him too, huh?

[ .... ]

I'd like to be.