[Sasuke figured. It would've been worse with the three of them gone, but... it's still just as bad for Senri. He doesn't say anything, and between the two of them, that's probably okay.
Briefly, he glances over his shoulder again at Taka. Strangely, his face breaks at the edges into something... sad. He turns his head away.]
I'm the one who gave Senri the photograph.
[He's not exactly sure why he admits it, and he's not sure whether that lifts any weights off him. Not really. He knows Taka is a terrible liar. It's not something he wants Senri to find out, but...]
I... didn't know it would upset him. He said his wish was to find someone who would love him unconditionally... because he never had a family. I thought he'd like a memento of the one he made here.
[Slowly, he turns around to face Taka, face still pinched.] He wants me to go back with you, but there are things I need to do back home. [The things Taka heard him tell Merriment.] I haven't told him about the rinnegan... The eye I lost.
... I won't mention it. But if you finish what you have to do, and want to...
[ taka doesn't think sasuke cares about seeing him; if anything he thinks that sasuke hates him? but it'll make senri so happy. ]
I think that the photo you gave him will be a happy thing, someday. So it's good you gave it to him, even if he can't see that in this exact moment. But he'll be happier if you come.
I will have to decide when the game ends and everyone leaves. I would have to go with you then. Otherwise, I might not have access to your dimension to even attempt opening a portal there.
But I can likely open one back to Konoha.
[The fact Taka tries to also encourage him, whether for Senri's sake or not, gets him to frown. Don't. He hates it.]
I shouldn't have given it to him. I should have minded my own business.
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[ at least with the other deaths, senri was able to compose himself enough to at least interact with others. ]
He's not really okay.
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Briefly, he glances over his shoulder again at Taka. Strangely, his face breaks at the edges into something... sad. He turns his head away.]
I'm the one who gave Senri the photograph.
[He's not exactly sure why he admits it, and he's not sure whether that lifts any weights off him. Not really. He knows Taka is a terrible liar. It's not something he wants Senri to find out, but...]
I... didn't know it would upset him. He said his wish was to find someone who would love him unconditionally... because he never had a family. I thought he'd like a memento of the one he made here.
[Slowly, he turns around to face Taka, face still pinched.] He wants me to go back with you, but there are things I need to do back home. [The things Taka heard him tell Merriment.] I haven't told him about the rinnegan... The eye I lost.
It can open dimensional portals.
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literally everything sasuke just said is something taka wants to respond to
but all that comes out is: ]
It can what.
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[He frowns.]
Don't say anything to Senri. I said I was going home to finish what I had to do. I haven't changed my mind yet.
[But it sounds as if... maybe he's considering.]
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[ taka doesn't think sasuke cares about seeing him; if anything he thinks that sasuke hates him? but it'll make senri so happy. ]
I think that the photo you gave him will be a happy thing, someday. So it's good you gave it to him, even if he can't see that in this exact moment. But he'll be happier if you come.
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But I can likely open one back to Konoha.
[The fact Taka tries to also encourage him, whether for Senri's sake or not, gets him to frown. Don't. He hates it.]
I shouldn't have given it to him. I should have minded my own business.
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[ he's quiet for a moment after that, trying to imagine what it might be like if sasuke showed up at the academy with this.
hm. ]
... you can hit me, if you want. I won't tell him.
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Then he raises his hand and beckons Taka over.]
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...
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two fingers extend, both of which he thumps against the center of Taka's forehead.]
You're too terrible of a liar. Maybe another time, Takaomi.
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taka presses a finger against the spot sasuke touches, and his hand lingers there for a moment. ]
... another time.
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Senri already punched you anyway. Right?
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[ he stopped being that mad by the time he came back to their room and instead was just emo. ]
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I figured he wouldn't. He had already punched me enough to satisfy him.
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[ he rubs the back of his neck ]
Like I said, I won't tell him.
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[He's not bragging about his punches so much as defining how dangerous he is to Taka.]
He'd know either way. Ray didn't die so we could squabble.
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... mm. I'll leave you alone.
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I don't want to have to explain to people at trial why he withered into a husk.
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[ ... ]
See ya.