"...She's been through so much, and I..." Katsuya sighs deeply, his shoulders slumping. "I was being selfish. I thought coming here would get her out, give her something else to think about. I should have..." Many things. The biggest mistake was letting her walk away without explaining.
"I'm sorry Theo. Truly." He doesn't even seem to process Theo offering to store Tatsuya's mask away.
The old Katsuya would have let things be. Would have accepted this as just another failure added to the top of the pile and let things be. The old Katsuya bound by a self fulfilling prophecy of loss and loneliness.
"May I offer you my number?" Katsuya scribbles the battered cell phone's number onto a card and hands it to Theo. "I would truly like to talk more with you later. Find out what all has been going on in other worlds. Your world. But...later. I have to go find Verity first."
The old Katsuya is no more. The officer adjusts his sunglasses and turns to leave, still carrying the mask. His past and his present would have to learn to get along.
But he needs max STR for putting his foot in his mouth
"I'm sorry Theo. Truly." He doesn't even seem to process Theo offering to store Tatsuya's mask away.
The old Katsuya would have let things be. Would have accepted this as just another failure added to the top of the pile and let things be. The old Katsuya bound by a self fulfilling prophecy of loss and loneliness.
"May I offer you my number?" Katsuya scribbles the battered cell phone's number onto a card and hands it to Theo. "I would truly like to talk more with you later. Find out what all has been going on in other worlds. Your world. But...later. I have to go find Verity first."
The old Katsuya is no more. The officer adjusts his sunglasses and turns to leave, still carrying the mask. His past and his present would have to learn to get along.