How does he deal with this? Izō swallows hard, sitting stiffly in Ryouma's embrace. Him crying when they were kids was a given. As an adult? It's harder to deal with.
Much harder.
He eventually returns the embrace, letting Ryouma cry it out as long as he needs to. ]
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Uh.
How does he deal with this? Izō swallows hard, sitting stiffly in Ryouma's embrace. Him crying when they were kids was a given. As an adult? It's harder to deal with.
Much harder.
He eventually returns the embrace, letting Ryouma cry it out as long as he needs to. ]
...How long ya been holdin' on t' this?
[ An idle thought spoken aloud. ]