[He hesitates, and part of him is tempted to just say 'never mind' and leave right then. But he can't.
So he just says as much as he can at once, before he can back down, and it's mostly experience that keeps his voice level as he speaks.]
The other day, I was talking to a boy named Steven who said he had spoken to you recently. He told me that you said you knew me before... before I was Ginko, and that it was a mushi called ginko that took my eye and changed my hair. I don't remember any of that - though he didn't seem to realize that I didn't.
[He hesitates, his voice almost apologetic - he's got no idea whether Nui knows about the Tokoyami, though it feels likely, if she knows how he lost his eye.]
If that's true, I... [He actually does trail off this time, unsure of what else he can even say here. It's been so long since he's even considered the possibility of something like this happening, he doesn't even know what he wants to ask.]
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So he just says as much as he can at once, before he can back down, and it's mostly experience that keeps his voice level as he speaks.]
The other day, I was talking to a boy named Steven who said he had spoken to you recently. He told me that you said you knew me before... before I was Ginko, and that it was a mushi called ginko that took my eye and changed my hair. I don't remember any of that - though he didn't seem to realize that I didn't.
[He hesitates, his voice almost apologetic - he's got no idea whether Nui knows about the Tokoyami, though it feels likely, if she knows how he lost his eye.]
If that's true, I... [He actually does trail off this time, unsure of what else he can even say here. It's been so long since he's even considered the possibility of something like this happening, he doesn't even know what he wants to ask.]