[If he thought he had some time left, if there was some bend of reality where he didn't think and accept that he was going to die, this conversation would've went entirely too different than where it is right now. He knows not to fuck with time, at least, from what he's been told, and he had made the conscious effort to try and not dig any details out from Ren, since it was undefined for Ryuji, still. These sort of things could mess with... everything.
But more than the science of all that, the gut feeling he has when he tells him this sort of stuff just paints a picture in his mind of where things end up. He can see himself in the arcade, the day Ren leaves Tokyo, and knows how he'd feel when it happens. Can almost see himself running to give him a hug when they get to meet up again afterward.
But they're not, and it's just... it's this instead that they get.
His head shifts downwards a little bit, some dark, black material coming out of his eye that he has to wipe with his hand away.
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But more than the science of all that, the gut feeling he has when he tells him this sort of stuff just paints a picture in his mind of where things end up. He can see himself in the arcade, the day Ren leaves Tokyo, and knows how he'd feel when it happens. Can almost see himself running to give him a hug when they get to meet up again afterward.
But they're not, and it's just... it's this instead that they get.
His head shifts downwards a little bit, some dark, black material coming out of his eye that he has to wipe with his hand away.
Yeah.
He's glad he's met you, too, Ren.]