Oh - it wasn't that bad! [He hated it actually and his reputation haunts him literally and metaphorically but it's fine,,] I didn't mean to make it sound so terrible. Really, people were perfectly kind in all ways when they spent time with me without my uniform.
It's simply the way human bias works, you know? [Souji himself is a perfectly amiable person who rarely anyone has trouble getting along with! Okita Souji, on the other hand, is a Murderer.]
I really don't mind it... It's something I was willing to do to help Hijikata-san and Kondo-san realize their dream.
Souji's also internally looking away fastly, but externally he just smiles.]
It would certainly be nice to see them again... Even though it's just been a bit over a half-year, time does seem to go by so slowly sometimes, doesn't it?
That's right - it was a straight trip from where I was before to the camp to here, more or less... Strange how it feels like a great deal of time and yet no time at all, yes?
Yeah... Things go quickly when you've got a lot to deal with, but stress like that makes it feel long, too. If I can ask - how did yours go? Which one were you from?
Ah... No one else here seems to be from the place I was from. It was a castle, and we were brought there to fight a war on behalf of Dragon and Tiger. Some age-old dispute...
[Which was like FRUSTRATING AND INFURIATING IN MANY WAYS but. Comparing them to people like Edgelord Nightman Sasukeson, they seem like saints.]
...We were able to make it out of there with our lives, but in order to do so, we had to kill all but nine people.
[SWEET RUPERT... What a tender-hearted guy. Souji's head dips a little.]
It was difficult at the time... [He still remembers those last few days quite clearly.] --But yes, it was. I had the honor of being the last person that we needed in order to achieve our 'happy end'.
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I like it better, too. Like - people getting to know you for you, not for who they think you should be. It's nice, right?
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It is, yes. Normally I had to go in disguise to get that sort of connection... [But he's free now, FREE.]
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Oh - because of the enemies you mentioned?
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[The townspeople also hated them but he simply will not address that.]
I got used to it, but it's much nicer to not have to hide anything.
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[sounds unpleasant!!]
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They were! Rupert-kun, that expression is really too much...
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I really don't mind it... It's something I was willing to do to help Hijikata-san and Kondo-san realize their dream.
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What was their dream?
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Souji's smile softens at that, though.]
To raise the Shinsengumi up, keep it strong, and protect the Shogunate and the people with it.
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[the big question!!]
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[looks aki directly in the eyes and frowns]
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Souji's also internally looking away fastly, but externally he just smiles.]
It would certainly be nice to see them again... Even though it's just been a bit over a half-year, time does seem to go by so slowly sometimes, doesn't it?
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anyways he looks sympathetic]
Right... You said you didn't get any time to go back home before you wound up here, right? I can't imagine.
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That's right - it was a straight trip from where I was before to the camp to here, more or less... Strange how it feels like a great deal of time and yet no time at all, yes?
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[Which was like FRUSTRATING AND INFURIATING IN MANY WAYS but. Comparing them to people like Edgelord Nightman Sasukeson, they seem like saints.]
...We were able to make it out of there with our lives, but in order to do so, we had to kill all but nine people.
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...I've heard about other groups that had quotas like that. I'm really sorry. It sounds awful. Is that why you...?
[got the quicksand treatment.....]
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It was difficult at the time... [He still remembers those last few days quite clearly.] --But yes, it was. I had the honor of being the last person that we needed in order to achieve our 'happy end'.
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[that sounds sincere, even if he looks saddened as he says it.]
But I'm still sorry you had to go through it.
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--Thank you, Rupert-kun. You're a very kind person. I'm only glad that I was able to do something for them, in the end.
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[sorry that you died seems like a very basic decency to him!! but.]
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