shotaro and ryu in addressing dream issues (never a pornography)

[halfboiledhope]

Shotaro is dazed a lot lately, lost in thought in the middle of anything that wasn't immediately paramount to his survival. He's been cupping a mug of now-cooled coffee between his palms for the last twenty minutes, eyes distant as the radio at the other corner of the office played the weather and the traffic stats in a gentle woman's voice that was decidedly not Princess Wakana's.

He shifts in his chair, crossing his right knee over his left, and finally lifts the cup to his lips. He makes a face as he swallows, but lowers it right back into his lap instead of getting up for another. The fact that Akiko popped out for a quick run to the grocery store is a distant note he's not thinking too much about.

Instead he is--as always--thinking about Philip.

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[exceller_8]

He takes a long draught of coffee, blinking slowly. It's been clear to him from the moment he started paying attention to anything other than his single-minded quest for revenge that Shotaro's relationship with Akiko is as truly a brother-sister relationship as any. Though Akiko is definitely the older sibling... He puts the idea of Shotaro being his brother-in-law out of his mind.

"It's not your responsibility, Hidari." He is tempted to leave it there. But he pushes on, despite not being altogether good at being long-winded. "It's up to her what she does with the information you've given her." It really isn't good enough. Wakana should be here to share the weight of Shotaro's grief, Philip's only living family member. But perhaps she's ashamed of what she has done... Ryu is not qualified to make that assessment.