[Reluctance blended with an idea: Plant them. He would get on that soon, some place where they'd thrive under sunshine and rain. They were just plants, but that didn't mean they couldn't be treated with care. But the disappointment was palpable, was real...
By sundown, the plants would be replanted. The only evidence of them would be a little soil under Kanji's fingernails, the eggshells he realized a perfect fertilizer. It was still that lingering, perhaps fatherly drive that fought to continue to live in him that demanded that- at least in letting them go- they would be well-established.
But he kept two shards of shell, smooth and mother-of-pearlesque, gently filed around the edges to form rounded charms. With simple thread it could go around the neck. Kanji set them on the night stands, one for Naoto to take or simply store if she desired.
He wasn't sure why he made them. Was it to never forget, that they should keep their heads as clear as possible when something happened here, or simply both?
Whatever the case, Kanji was never one to turn down accessories. To go with the other things he wore, each symbolizing something both minor and major, he wore his and tucked it under his shirt.]
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By sundown, the plants would be replanted. The only evidence of them would be a little soil under Kanji's fingernails, the eggshells he realized a perfect fertilizer. It was still that lingering, perhaps fatherly drive that fought to continue to live in him that demanded that- at least in letting them go- they would be well-established.
But he kept two shards of shell, smooth and mother-of-pearlesque, gently filed around the edges to form rounded charms. With simple thread it could go around the neck. Kanji set them on the night stands, one for Naoto to take or simply store if she desired.
He wasn't sure why he made them. Was it to never forget, that they should keep their heads as clear as possible when something happened here, or simply both?
Whatever the case, Kanji was never one to turn down accessories. To go with the other things he wore, each symbolizing something both minor and major, he wore his and tucked it under his shirt.]