[Shotaro can't worry too much about the Library, even if 'what if being back on Earth doesn't fix this' crosses his mind immediately. There's enough to worry about, here in his arms. He breathes, for a moment, the reality that his vest will have wrinkles passing, at best (even his own vanity doesn't take precedence over Philip).
Especially when he speaks, and the breath goes out of Shotaro.]
Hey, it's not--it's all right. [This wasn't a feeling he ever wanted Philip to know, and it's not as if this distance was his fault, but he's going to take responsibility for it. Someone has to.] It's over now. That time, and now this one. We're together.
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Especially when he speaks, and the breath goes out of Shotaro.]
Hey, it's not--it's all right. [This wasn't a feeling he ever wanted Philip to know, and it's not as if this distance was his fault, but he's going to take responsibility for it. Someone has to.] It's over now. That time, and now this one. We're together.