[ trust good ol' pops to already come to his own (astute) conclusions about things, just from the first glimpse of kogami and the way he had framed the question. he's missed this -- he's missed him. after everything that's happened, they'd been fellow enforcers, colleagues, and something resembling friends.
masaoka recognised something in him before kogami even did, and gave him a wide berth -- perhaps the outcome of kogami escaping the sibyl system (or alternatively dying by it) is something he's predicted, too. but here and now, what he says makes something in his chest twinge.
I guess it's already something that's just in the past. ]
You're here now.
[ kogami says quietly, because here and now is what matters, right? is there a point in telling masaoka he died? does he tell him that masaoka's road is cut short? what purpose will it serve? his jaw sets as he orders a drink for himself, taking a drag of it before he exhales. ]
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[ trust good ol' pops to already come to his own (astute) conclusions about things, just from the first glimpse of kogami and the way he had framed the question. he's missed this -- he's missed him. after everything that's happened, they'd been fellow enforcers, colleagues, and something resembling friends.
masaoka recognised something in him before kogami even did, and gave him a wide berth -- perhaps the outcome of kogami escaping the sibyl system (or alternatively dying by it) is something he's predicted, too. but here and now, what he says makes something in his chest twinge.
I guess it's already something that's just in the past. ]
You're here now.
[ kogami says quietly, because here and now is what matters, right? is there a point in telling masaoka he died? does he tell him that masaoka's road is cut short? what purpose will it serve? his jaw sets as he orders a drink for himself, taking a drag of it before he exhales. ]
I left Japan. I killed him, Pops.