Hiroki nods and he's going to make his way over there slowly.
He throws Major Tom Jones a gratefull look. This whole family, they're all so good to him. And it makes him feel, anew, as if his (after)life matters to others, too. He's pretty sure that, subconsciously, the very first time he had felt that way, had been discovering feeling that way, had been way back when a year ago, with his Voltron family, too, only back then he didn't get that he was making a discovery, in his mind, because, well, one can't discover what one already knows, right? But there's a difference between knowing from 'data', so to speak, he knows now, and knowing for oneself. So, emotionally, he had been discovering 'family' back then. Love. He didn't know he was discovering, because he had all the memories of Shiro to lull him into the feeling that he already knew all that, but, yeah, that what had been happening, from the moment he's first (as he now knows) seen Keith and Keith's such palpable relief that he almost felt as if he could touch it, back then at first, relief at finding him alive in that Galra shuttle. Barely, but alive. Nowadays Hiroki knows that it was the first positive emotion towards himself that he had felt in his life.
And now, too. Some of the first times meeting Ziggy were a bit like that, if slightly less extreme. (Though with Ziggy, everything was extreme.) Now, too, Hiroki was discovering all those things for himself. And being a fool in the process, because honestly, nothing would stop Honerva from possessing Ziggy later? What utter idiocy, trying to negotiate with the witch... Hiroki decided to never do that again.
Whatever else's happened to him, it's not like he's unlucky, Hiroki realises. He's had the luck to land himself in two wonderful families, now. That's something! More than something.
"You do? That's good. I can't leave Ziggy, and I think it's best if he stays with you, too, so-- good."
Yes, he can't, won't leave Ziggy, no matter what. It's a good thing that the Major seems to accept that even now.
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Date: 2020-11-10 07:17 pm (UTC)He throws Major Tom Jones a gratefull look. This whole family, they're all so good to him. And it makes him feel, anew, as if his (after)life matters to others, too. He's pretty sure that, subconsciously, the very first time he had felt that way, had been discovering feeling that way, had been way back when a year ago, with his Voltron family, too, only back then he didn't get that he was making a discovery, in his mind, because, well, one can't discover what one already knows, right? But there's a difference between knowing from 'data', so to speak, he knows now, and knowing for oneself. So, emotionally, he had been discovering 'family' back then. Love. He didn't know he was discovering, because he had all the memories of Shiro to lull him into the feeling that he already knew all that, but, yeah, that what had been happening, from the moment he's first (as he now knows) seen Keith and Keith's such palpable relief that he almost felt as if he could touch it, back then at first, relief at finding him alive in that Galra shuttle. Barely, but alive. Nowadays Hiroki knows that it was the first positive emotion towards himself that he had felt in his life.
And now, too. Some of the first times meeting Ziggy were a bit like that, if slightly less extreme. (Though with Ziggy, everything was extreme.) Now, too, Hiroki was discovering all those things for himself. And being a fool in the process, because honestly, nothing would stop Honerva from possessing Ziggy later? What utter idiocy, trying to negotiate with the witch... Hiroki decided to never do that again.
Whatever else's happened to him, it's not like he's unlucky, Hiroki realises. He's had the luck to land himself in two wonderful families, now. That's something! More than something.
"You do? That's good. I can't leave Ziggy, and I think it's best if he stays with you, too, so-- good."
Yes, he can't, won't leave Ziggy, no matter what. It's a good thing that the Major seems to accept that even now.
Hiroki nods.
"Good..."
He's really exhausted.