I've been trying to keep a lot of things from a lot of people.
[That's about the simplest way to put it.
There are worse things to remember, after all. She knows enough about the sengoku era to know that what Anya just saw is pretty tame compared to some of the things Nobunaga Oda had a hand in.
Even admitting that it's who she was is difficult, partially because of that...partially because it's unbelievable. But seeing the woman on that screen makes it both easier and harder to process all at once.
But watching Anya...specifically, watching those hands fall from her face - those tightened, trembling hands - Aki reaches out with a hand of her own to close it around Anya's fist.]
My former self didn't really shine. [Just like Anya, how they'd discussed before.] She was more like a raging fire...one that burned itself out. But not before her homeland had already suffered for it.
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Date: 2018-01-26 03:41 am (UTC)I've been trying to keep a lot of things from a lot of people.
[That's about the simplest way to put it.
There are worse things to remember, after all. She knows enough about the sengoku era to know that what Anya just saw is pretty tame compared to some of the things Nobunaga Oda had a hand in.
Even admitting that it's who she was is difficult, partially because of that...partially because it's unbelievable. But seeing the woman on that screen makes it both easier and harder to process all at once.
But watching Anya...specifically, watching those hands fall from her face - those tightened, trembling hands - Aki reaches out with a hand of her own to close it around Anya's fist.]
My former self didn't really shine. [Just like Anya, how they'd discussed before.] She was more like a raging fire...one that burned itself out. But not before her homeland had already suffered for it.