[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.]
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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...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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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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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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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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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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Then there is nothing to worry about.