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[Issei is shaking with the force of his sobs. He's obviously been crying for a while.

Eventually, the sobs slow down enough for him to get some words out in between them.]

That wasn't me. The person who hospitalized my father and brother, who drove the other monks to attack each other, who spoke to you all so cruelly - that wasn't me. I could never do such a thing to my family!

Why, wh-why did this happen? What did I possibly do to deserve anyone's ire enough for them to do this? Why did I fail my family and let this happen?! I should have resisted, I should have...

Father... R-Reikan-nii...

[And he bursts into a fresh wave of tears.]

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[oceanicbutterfly]

Issei-san...

[Voice forever]

[stripping.livejournal.com]

K-Karen. I'm so sorry...

[oceanicbutterfly]

You don't have anything to apologize for.

[stripping.livejournal.com]

I could have been stronger.

[oceanicbutterfly]

It's not reasonable to expect that.

[stripping.livejournal.com]

But my family would have been better off.

[oceanicbutterfly]

I'm sure they would also be better off if you could fly. There's no point in worrying about such things.

[stripping.livejournal.com]

...you might be correct in saying that.

[oceanicbutterfly]

If you want to obsess over what you could have done, then work on finding a way to prevent it from happening again.

[stripping.livejournal.com]

I will. I promise you that.