Considering love doesn't factor into this, for me? [his love left him. he's pretty sure he was in love with Melinoë, anyway] More than likely.
[a beat]
Hell if I know what I'm not dealing with, though.
[that's a lie. he can think of more than a few things. there's his grief, still. the fact that he's been meaning to tell Tifa the truth for months, now. his familial feelings for Akechi, that they've never actively addressed for both their sakes. how much it hurts, for everyone to have moved out of the Merlaut all of a sudden. the fact that literally all of his close CR is going to drop in the next month. there's a laughable number of things he's not dealing with, he just -- doesn't want to deal with them]
no subject
[a beat]
Hell if I know what I'm not dealing with, though.
[that's a lie. he can think of more than a few things. there's his grief, still. the fact that he's been meaning to tell Tifa the truth for months, now. his familial feelings for Akechi, that they've never actively addressed for both their sakes. how much it hurts, for everyone to have moved out of the Merlaut all of a sudden.
the fact that literally all of his close CR is going to drop in the next month.there's a laughable number of things he's not dealing with, he just -- doesn't want to deal with them]