zenitsu

[soba]

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[soba]

So, there's no point in focusing on anything else.

[swordflash]

You're more tired than you said you are, aren't you?

[soba]

... when we get out of here, and save everyone on that side, where are you going back to?

[swordflash]

Me?

[ looking down, he fiddles gently with his sleeves. ]

I'll go back to where I was. Then I'll find Chuntaro and die during my next job. Probably.

[soba]

[ that actually makes him pause ]

What do you mean?

[swordflash]

I'm a demon slayer.

[ although it says so on his plaque, he doesn't expect people to recall the factoid. ]

I don't remember ever slaying a demon, though. Every time I ran into one, I got lucky and survived somehow. Sooner or later, that luck's bound to run out.

[ he hopes that doesn't happen here, because other people's lives are involved. ]

[soba]

[ ah. his expression at that is... odd, like he's trying to control it, but then it passes. ]

It sounded like you're a lot stronger than you think, according to Chuuya.

[swordflash]

[ he stares. that's what chuuya said. phoenix said something similar. jin ling also said something strange. when so many people say things, he wonders. but it can't be, right? ]

What about you? Where are you gonna go?

[soba]

[ he shrugs ]

I don't know. I'll find out when I get there.

[swordflash]

What about the shop? You have family there, right?

[soba]

My aunt and uncle. It's theirs now.

[swordflash]

Huh? Your aunt and uncle are family, too, aren't they?

[soba]

Yeah. It's complicated.

[ he shakes his head. ]

But that doesn't really matter.

[swordflash]

Why not?

[soba]

I'm probably not going to see them again after this.

[swordflash]

How come? Did you get into a fight with them?

[soba]

[ he shakes his head ]

I'm just leaving. It'll be easier for them, too.

[swordflash]

[ it's complicated, toi said. zenitsu can't wrap his head around how something can be so complicated that one would leave family. ]

Are you gonna be all right, leaving like that?

[soba]

[ he nods. ]

I'm going to have to be.

[swordflash]

[ that doesn't sound reassuring. ]

Just don't isolate yourself. That's more tiring than anything else.

[soba]

I'll... have my brother.

So it'll be fine.

[swordflash]

[ he doesn't need enhanced hearing to hear that pause. is his relationship with his brother also complicated? ]

Thanks for sticking around.

[soba]

Where else would I go?

[ his room. ]

[swordflash]

My room's clean. I didn't go there yesterday.

You won't dry out while you're in here, will you?

[soba]

I could always sleep in the tub.

[ maybe he can drown retroactively and everyone has been talking to a ghost this whole time ]