[The faint smile on his face fades with the question, but no expression in particular replaces it just yet.
Well, it's not like it should be that much of a secret, for how much it's affected him. He kind of thought Susato might have known already, thanks to that dream he had a while back, but there was so much going on that it was probably hard to tell. He's grateful if she doesn't have to remember that fire as well as he does...]
They died when my house was burned down. [He crosses an arm over his chest, grasping his upper right arm in what might look like a self-conscious gesture.] I got injured by a window breaking, and... we didn't notice the fire until it was too late.
[All of that was planned, of course. Not when his house burned down—when it was burned down.]
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Well, it's not like it should be that much of a secret, for how much it's affected him. He kind of thought Susato might have known already, thanks to that dream he had a while back, but there was so much going on that it was probably hard to tell. He's grateful if she doesn't have to remember that fire as well as he does...]
They died when my house was burned down. [He crosses an arm over his chest, grasping his upper right arm in what might look like a self-conscious gesture.] I got injured by a window breaking, and... we didn't notice the fire until it was too late.
[All of that was planned, of course. Not when his house burned down—when it was burned down.]