Now you're starting to dig. The simple answer is there is no simple answer to any of it. There are always exceptions, always things that won't make it easily as defined. Things that slip past the boundary - like you and me.
Even more fortunate that I’ve gotten to meet you and Emily here, Hibiki-san.
[Between them, the first stick of incense is beginning to crumble away, burning to its last, but its scent lingers, long after the incense itself has reduced to ash.]
Could I ask to keep meeting, from time to time? I think I could learn a lot from these conversations.
[He needs it. So adrift from his original purpose, someone like Hibiki is just the confidant he needs.]
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[Between them, the first stick of incense is beginning to crumble away, burning to its last, but its scent lingers, long after the incense itself has reduced to ash.]
Could I ask to keep meeting, from time to time? I think I could learn a lot from these conversations.
[He needs it. So adrift from his original purpose, someone like Hibiki is just the confidant he needs.]