I think... that's what our souls cry out for - a chance to light and lead ourselves. To determine our own destinies. To stand up against something impossible or inevitable and say not today - not like this.

It took everything in his power not to scoff at the unrealistic approach Hamuko was laying out for him. Like it were easy to simply step forward, watch your entire life collapse and still find the respite to continue. His heart ached with every syllable and some aspect of his disapproval showed in the way he hummed. Or with the way his brow twitched.

"That's not possible, you know."