[He sobers up at that, turning his head to look down at his feet. He'd spent a lot of time deliberately not thinking about it and frankly, what happened with Suki had been a great distraction from that.]
When my dad went off to fight in the war, we didn't see him for two years. Those were some of the hardest years we ever had. [The hardest was what followed after their mom died.] And it wasn't just because we had more stuff to do. He wasn't there when I turned fourteen, so I didn't go ice dodging. And he wasn't there for my fifteenth either. After the war was over, I knew that this time, he was going to be there. I'd be old enough to get engaged, if I wanted, and he'd be able to tell me all the stuff I needed to know. But.... well, then Luceti happened.
[And he's sure he doesn't need to explain that. Nevermind that his seventeenth is inching closer. His fourth birthday in a row without the person he idolizes the most being there for it.]
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[He sobers up at that, turning his head to look down at his feet. He'd spent a lot of time deliberately not thinking about it and frankly, what happened with Suki had been a great distraction from that.]
When my dad went off to fight in the war, we didn't see him for two years. Those were some of the hardest years we ever had. [The hardest was what followed after their mom died.] And it wasn't just because we had more stuff to do. He wasn't there when I turned fourteen, so I didn't go ice dodging. And he wasn't there for my fifteenth either. After the war was over, I knew that this time, he was going to be there. I'd be old enough to get engaged, if I wanted, and he'd be able to tell me all the stuff I needed to know. But.... well, then Luceti happened.
[And he's sure he doesn't need to explain that. Nevermind that his seventeenth is inching closer. His fourth birthday in a row without the person he idolizes the most being there for it.]