Well, guess it’s good to know I’m not an oddity or anything~
[It would take some time. Hanako should know this but… for once, he was thrown into an entirely new situation in decades. At least they had time.
Still, the Ferryman’s words have him curious.]
So you have to do this - help us on this journey - all by yourself? With no help? Doesn’t that get lonely?
[He should know: the afterlife, even if he hadn’t been entirely there yet, had been lonely before Yashiro showed up. Decades of being unable to interact with the majority of the living, holding a position solely on your own… that took a toll, didn’t it?
Maybe he was just making assumptions again based on the gaps in their answers. Maybe there was someone else helping - but as far as Hanako had been able to find by talking to the others, the Ferryman was the only other such figure here.]
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[It would take some time. Hanako should know this but… for once, he was thrown into an entirely new situation in decades. At least they had time.
Still, the Ferryman’s words have him curious.]
So you have to do this - help us on this journey - all by yourself? With no help? Doesn’t that get lonely?
[He should know: the afterlife, even if he hadn’t been entirely there yet, had been lonely before Yashiro showed up. Decades of being unable to interact with the majority of the living, holding a position solely on your own… that took a toll, didn’t it?
Maybe he was just making assumptions again based on the gaps in their answers. Maybe there was someone else helping - but as far as Hanako had been able to find by talking to the others, the Ferryman was the only other such figure here.]