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[sunshrouded]

[ . . . . and Tenka's just going to snort softly at that.]

You can't just tell a big brother not to concern himself with his little brother.

That's not how family works.

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And you can't simply say that you know he will surpass you and expect him to be content with that.

[That's not how family works either. Soramaru is competitive too--and they'd tried so very hard to best each other when they were that competitive.]

Of course he would try to surpass you by any means necessary.

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[That much manages to get Tenka to wrinkle his nose in distaste.]

Why not? I never thought I'd get stronger than my old man - just being told would've been good enough until it happened!

[Is what he says, but who knows? Tenka just waves a hand then.]

He should just get to be a kid for a while anyway. Or else he'll get caught up in duty and responsibilities way too fast. That's no way for a kid to grow up!

[Just another case of Tenka hoping that Soramaru never grows up to be like him.]

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[You're clueless, Tenka..... Sousei just tilts his head slowly.]

Soramaru can't be convinced to be a child anymore, as much as he is one.

[It's just fact. He's seen too much, and quite frankly--]

He wants to be useful to you too badly for that.

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Tell me about it.

[Tenka huffs in response. There's probably still a fairly fresh scar on his back from his most recent stab wound when Soramaru was so eager to be useful to him.]

But I'm not trying to convince him - half of it is just getting him to relax a little! Hang out with kids his own age!

[Not bothering with convincing anymore. Just straight force.]

At least for a couple years, I had you and Kiiko.

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[Honestly........ Tenka still sees the child, but... Sousei say the child who grew up, and came to him with courage after the Orochi business, who took on everything in Tenka's name, who tried his hardest to be the new leader of the shrine.

...His answer comes rather mildly.]

You can't turn back time, Tenka.

[It's a little late for that, he thinks. Soramaru has Takeda, of course, and Nishiki, but he'll never be a complete and total kid again.]

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[ . . . that much manages to get Tenka to sigh.

Does he want to turn back time? God, sometimes he really does. But turning back time means erasing a lot of his pride on seeing his little brothers grow up. He's proud of them more and more each year - they're so strong even when they grew up without proper parents.]

I don't need to turn back time.

I just want my brothers to have more time to laugh and have fun.

[It's a little less about moving backward and more about stretching however much time Tenka still had.]

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[..... hm. Well. Sousei just shrugs. He hears the romance of the answer, but he's a realist.

He'll never be much of a sunny optimist like Tenka, and quiet frankly--]

Then spend more time with them in the future. You can't stretch time in any other way.

[frank advice is the best he can offer.]

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[ . . . . . . . . .

you've stunned Tenka into silence, Sousei.

his brothers are his life.

it is not physically possible for him to spend more time with them

can you not]

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[can you not.

Tenka you're the one who was dead for like 7 chapters and left Sousei to spend all of that time with them.

He has a valid point he thinks.]

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[Whatever, Tenka's waving a hand at that. Being dead wasn't exactly his choice - except it was.

It's complicated.]

If you ever think that I'm not going to make an effort to do something for my brothers, you're crazy.

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[A shrug, simple and serene.]

Then there is nothing to worry about.