NICO

[foreverphantom]

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[foreverphantom]

For a little while, yeah. I was searching.

[resumed]

[ ............

suddenly he thinks maybe there is something much worse going on here, actually. ]

...what's going on for you? [ "why were you searching? where were you?" ]

[foreverphantom]

[ blinks and looks over ]

What? What do you mean?

[resumed]

That you were searching. Usually there's a reason.

[foreverphantom]

...some bad stuff happened. And...some people I cared about died.

[resumed]

[ again. lots of questions!! namely what and when, but...maybe it doesn't matter. ]

...unexpectedly, I assume. [ ... ] To answer your question, I think maybe the better or worse still depends further on if you would be able to stay with them when you found them. I think it might be worse to find someone and have them ripped away from you again.

[foreverphantom]

Mmm.

I guess it's probably for the best that I couldn't find them, then.

[resumed]

[ mm. ]

It's hard leaving them behind. Especially when you know you have to, or that they can't permanently stay. And it's not like it really gets easier, you just sort of figure out how to manage with it because what choice do you really have. You know? [ a little bitterly, maybe. ]

...but I am sorry. Losing people's always unfair no matter the circumstances.

[foreverphantom]

...right. Yeah.

Thanks.

[resumed]

Sure. [ . . . ] Thanks for telling me, actually. I get it's not really an easy thing to say.

[ because it means actually being honest with a person. ]