You may. Praying itself is not the important part, so much as the act of remembrance. To carve what made a person when they were alive into your mind and heart, so that you may carry them with you.
[It's heavy, horrible work. But it's something Matsui is used to, even if the weight is crushing.]
He just nods at that, though, emotions heavy and still rather than tempestuous. Like lead sewn into velvet.]
Yes. Buzen... He deserves to have this. The remembrance. His past and his future, even back home, were uncertain... So he deserves these tethers. Things that will keep him here, even when he goes ahead.
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He just nods, no hesitation behind it.]
You may. Praying itself is not the important part, so much as the act of remembrance. To carve what made a person when they were alive into your mind and heart, so that you may carry them with you.
[It's heavy, horrible work. But it's something Matsui is used to, even if the weight is crushing.]
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he nods slowly. ]
Remembrance... that I can do. It's something I want to do... it was important to him when he took me to go see the swords in the museum.
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He just nods at that, though, emotions heavy and still rather than tempestuous. Like lead sewn into velvet.]
Yes. Buzen... He deserves to have this. The remembrance. His past and his future, even back home, were uncertain... So he deserves these tethers. Things that will keep him here, even when he goes ahead.