[It's hard to say when it was that Kariya lost his ability to perceive reality. It didn't happen all at once, although once it started to happen, it happened quickly.
You left me--
You promised--
Uncle, where did you go...?
You're worthless, Kariya, you failed, like you always do--
At last, he couldn't listen anymore, so he simply didn't. Once he'd started, it had been so easy. It's so much easier, this way. Why shouldn't he be happy?
At the sound of her voice, he turns toward her, managing to raise his head with some difficulty, although he doesn't realize his movements are pained at all. Most of the shadows move away as she approaches, save one, which lingers at his side. He reaches out his hand to her. His one remaining hand is very thin, a faint line of dried blood running down it from knuckle to wrist where the thin skin split open. He smiles and laughs, gently.]
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You left me--
You promised--
Uncle, where did you go...?
You're worthless, Kariya, you failed, like you always do--
At last, he couldn't listen anymore, so he simply didn't. Once he'd started, it had been so easy. It's so much easier, this way. Why shouldn't he be happy?
At the sound of her voice, he turns toward her, managing to raise his head with some difficulty, although he doesn't realize his movements are pained at all. Most of the shadows move away as she approaches, save one, which lingers at his side. He reaches out his hand to her. His one remaining hand is very thin, a faint line of dried blood running down it from knuckle to wrist where the thin skin split open. He smiles and laughs, gently.]
There you are. Where did you go?