He always has been. I never intended to end this with anyone else.
[he needed merriment's ability to break curfew, though; fond as ishi is of him, he didn't mean to stay.
but he gives majima an apologetic look as he takes his hand, hesitating a moment.]
... I lost it in the fight with Luna. I don't know how it ended up where it did-- she may have been trying to use her ability to pin multiple deaths on me, I think-- but... that is the other thing I have been hiding from you.
I never expected to actually be able to hide it through that trial, much less long enough for someone to make me a replacement. There wasn't a way to explain without admitting how it was lost.
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[he needed merriment's ability to break curfew, though; fond as ishi is of him, he didn't mean to stay.
but he gives majima an apologetic look as he takes his hand, hesitating a moment.]
... I lost it in the fight with Luna. I don't know how it ended up where it did-- she may have been trying to use her ability to pin multiple deaths on me, I think-- but... that is the other thing I have been hiding from you.
I never expected to actually be able to hide it through that trial, much less long enough for someone to make me a replacement. There wasn't a way to explain without admitting how it was lost.