AUDIENCE FOR: Mikazuki Munechika

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I possess a question.

Do you occupy your time under the impression that it will last forever? [thoughtfully,] Even humans do, I think.

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I'm not arrogant to believe that I can't die at any time.

But I suppose that yes, that would be the case.

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Ha ha ha...

[his expression softens and he lets the cherry blossom petals that have fallen into his hand scatter to the wind]

I believe the same.

To at once be certain that all things will break one day - myself, included. For their must be an end. [almost... hopeful]

And yet... I am so accustomed to existing, even as I watch all others disappear before my eyes.

So what does it mean, to exist within those two worlds?

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... It's a difficult thing to reconcile.

[...]

Maybe a part of you is waiting. Not for the end, necessarily, but for something you haven't been able to see in all your years alive yet.

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.... a heart that lacks surprises will meet its end before the body does, after all.

[softly and fondly]

Maybe so.

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[neutrally]

... The world is always changing, at least—even if perhaps too slowly, at times, for those who are long-lived.