Of course I love them with everything I have.... [of course he did, he loves them more every single day] but - it also meant losing you and Kiiko. The Yamainu. They were family too.
[Tenka's family has always been big to him. Bigger than just his bloodline because for 8 years and then some, he'd had even more.
No, they didn't all live together - it was already terribly cramped with just the Kumous and Kiiko and Sousei - by it took more than just seven bodies to fill the shrine with as much laughter as it saw everyday.]
I've already apologized but -
[But he'd had the weight of the world on his shoulders at 14 and couldn't find an answer. Even now, he's afraid to look and see if there was something his dumb teenaged self had missed.]
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[Tenka's family has always been big to him. Bigger than just his bloodline because for 8 years and then some, he'd had even more.
No, they didn't all live together - it was already terribly cramped with just the Kumous and Kiiko and Sousei - by it took more than just seven bodies to fill the shrine with as much laughter as it saw everyday.]
I've already apologized but -
[But he'd had the weight of the world on his shoulders at 14 and couldn't find an answer. Even now, he's afraid to look and see if there was something his dumb teenaged self had missed.]
It's been a burden on a lot of people.
[and that's always been his greatest fear]