[The sad expression on Tiir's face catches Minato off-guard. Smile or not, he can tell when someone is deeply hurt inside, and he wonders and wonders and wonders--
But he thinks that maybe the answer is right there.
This is Tiir's world, and he certainly learned enough about its horribleness from Tiir himself. This is Tiir's world and he is Tiir's family, and Tiir doesn't want him to get hurt. He gets it, he thinks, when he thinks about it like that, but it just makes him smile a little bit, reaching out to grabs Tiir's hand between his two, just for the touch and the closeness and to give extra weight to his assurance.]
I'm sorry if my stubbornness causes problems for you.
[A quirk of his lips, a bit of a smile, and then his expression is solemn again, determined and honest and sincere.]
But there is nowhere I would rather be right now than here.
[And it's honest, because he really does know that he really does feel this way. If he can spend the remainder of his life fighting to make a difference here, beside Tiir, then he thinks he will have had a successful life twice over.
He wants to thank whoever did this for him, he really does.]
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But he thinks that maybe the answer is right there.
This is Tiir's world, and he certainly learned enough about its horribleness from Tiir himself. This is Tiir's world and he is Tiir's family, and Tiir doesn't want him to get hurt. He gets it, he thinks, when he thinks about it like that, but it just makes him smile a little bit, reaching out to grabs Tiir's hand between his two, just for the touch and the closeness and to give extra weight to his assurance.]
I'm sorry if my stubbornness causes problems for you.
[A quirk of his lips, a bit of a smile, and then his expression is solemn again, determined and honest and sincere.]
But there is nowhere I would rather be right now than here.
[And it's honest, because he really does know that he really does feel this way. If he can spend the remainder of his life fighting to make a difference here, beside Tiir, then he thinks he will have had a successful life twice over.
He wants to thank whoever did this for him, he really does.]