[he explains quietly; he glosses over the fact that everyone was safe and sound in the end, because.. being "safe and sound" didn't mean people were okay.
and maybe most had been okay, but for akira, that had never been the case.]
But it was like no time passed at all here, in our world. Like... a dream.
[she'd make a joke here-- something about Makoto not having to worry, because Magilou had taken good care of him while they were stuck on that island-- but perhaps the levity is badly timed]
[she's getting better at holding her tongue and not being humorous when the situation doesn't call for it]
Well. . . honestly, if he and I hadn't been able to meet again like this, we both probably would have gone on assuming that it had been nothing more than a dream.
[to that, akira nods his head in agreement with magilou.]
If Magilou hadn't shown up, I probably would have let myself believe it.
[which is probably saying a lot. akira isn't one to run from his problems; he always faces things in his own fierce way. but this...
he would have convinced himself it had been a dream if not for her; he'd already been well on his way to that when she first showed up in leblanc a bit back.]
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[which doesn't make it any better, but. you know]
The game started and ended with forty-two people alive. It was a rough journey, but a victory was achieved nevertheless.
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[he explains quietly; he glosses over the fact that everyone was safe and sound in the end, because.. being "safe and sound" didn't mean people were okay.
and maybe most had been okay, but for akira, that had never been the case.]
But it was like no time passed at all here, in our world. Like... a dream.
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[ Ah. ] That would explain why we didn't notice your absence.
[ She sounds like she's taking it rather well. Her mind is probably screaming a little, though. ]
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[she's getting better at holding her tongue and not being humorous when the situation doesn't call for it]
Well. . . honestly, if he and I hadn't been able to meet again like this, we both probably would have gone on assuming that it had been nothing more than a dream.
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If Magilou hadn't shown up, I probably would have let myself believe it.
[which is probably saying a lot. akira isn't one to run from his problems; he always faces things in his own fierce way. but this...
he would have convinced himself it had been a dream if not for her; he'd already been well on his way to that when she first showed up in leblanc a bit back.]