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[not_that_sasuke]

[Sasuke does not have a phone and currently can only be contacted in person.]

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[overstrain]

[ "About how he was happy here with his friends, despite the hardships that came along."

It's a very Terry-like answer, if you forget about the Shadow fiasco.

"He also felt regret for the longest time. He mentioned that the same friends were murdered because of him. He wanted to apologize to everyone, but couldn't."

For thousands of years. ]

[not_that_sasuke]

[Oh... Yeah, he can guess what that's about.]

...I knew what I was getting to when I kept going to talk to him.

[It's more of a shame he wasn't able to actually help in the end.]

...Was he doing okay when he got back to your world?

[overstrain]

[ "The first thing he did was participate in a war."

Yes. Very Terry-like. Lmao. Guess how done Jace sounds about that. ]

[not_that_sasuke]

[What.]

A war?

[He didn't hear about that! Because Terry is a pupper.]

[overstrain]

[ "Yes, he's been through many. I believe it has been..."

Hm. He uses the end of his tail to draw in the air to calculate the numbers. Sasuke is still warm, so he's not gonna let go of his leg.

"... over forty thousand years. The earth is still intact, though it had gone through many changes over time. Humans diminish and flourish in regular intervals. But the first one was memorable, since they were against his own kind." ]

[not_that_sasuke]

[...

This actually explains some things.]

He mentioned a long time, but Kurou couldn't understand how many years he meant.

[No wonder. That's a very large number for a cat to grasp.]

[overstrain]

[ "Yes, he's very old now."

As if that's the only remarkable thing Jace has to say about Terry.

"Though I'm sure you can get the full story from him eventually... whenever you find him. He seemed fond of you."

There aren't many boys like Sasuke that has a cat following them like Kurou. ]

[not_that_sasuke]

He talked about me that much...?

[This is surprising to know.]

...It sounds like it'd be painful to talk about, though.

[overstrain]

[ "He has been working on improving himself."

Whether those efforts bore fruit, well... Sasuke would have to see it himself. ]

[not_that_sasuke]

[Huh.]

So you think I should ask?

[overstrain]

[ "There's nothing wrong with wanting to get to know your friends better."

Dear child, please be a good influence for this other kid. ]

[not_that_sasuke]

[That's a big ask, Jace. They're both disasters of different flavors.

But still, fair point.]

...I'll try asking him about it, then. [Sometime when he's not a pom and Sasuke isn't quietly dying of sleep deprivation.]

Should I stay with you for a while longer?

[Or is he a toasty snake now.]

[overstrain]

[ "If you don't mind. If you need to be elsewhere, just let me know and I'll move someplace else."

At least he's kinda polite about it. ]

[not_that_sasuke]

No, I can stay a while.

[And he'll go ahead and just hang out with Jace as a human heater until the snake is good and ready to go!]