[ Silent for a moment, expression blank but for the way his eyes are narrowed in thought. ]
... Hyoubu-san and Merlin were with us. When the girls died... [ He pauses, breathing out through his nose. ] I did what I could to keep us moving. That was when the guardian materialized to stop us.
[ The screaming. The screaming and panic around him, the girls lifeless dolls on the floor, and his own fury and horror that he kept underneath his skin. Yu curls the fingers of one hand, folding them over his thumb, briefly shutting his eyes before looking up at Minato again. ]
Sometimes I think I should have done more to stop things. I knew Hyoubu-san and Merlin weren't thinking. [ ... ] But there's no point in regrets.
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... Hyoubu-san and Merlin were with us. When the girls died... [ He pauses, breathing out through his nose. ] I did what I could to keep us moving. That was when the guardian materialized to stop us.
[ The screaming. The screaming and panic around him, the girls lifeless dolls on the floor, and his own fury and horror that he kept underneath his skin. Yu curls the fingers of one hand, folding them over his thumb, briefly shutting his eyes before looking up at Minato again. ]
Sometimes I think I should have done more to stop things. I knew Hyoubu-san and Merlin weren't thinking. [ ... ] But there's no point in regrets.
[ He says, even if he harbors them anyway. ]