[ The last week has been spent mostly alone with his thoughts. Dark thoughts, hopeful thoughts, thoughts about the distant past and near future. Yusuke has been alone for most of his life, having grown up sheltered and isolated under the thumb of a greedy fraud who would have taken and taken from him until he was dead, if he'd been allowed. If the Phantom Thieves had not intervened and then taken him in as one of their own.
Those scabs have been picked at by a more recent betrayal, still so fresh and raw that he feels like Brendan is speaking to his soul. His Persona, Goemon, the being both physical and spiritual that resides within him, born of his rebellious spirit, chuckles in the back of his head in approval. This person might as well be a mind reader. ]
I am not alone here.
[ He was, but two of the Thieves had already shown up, and he was holding out hope that more were on their way. Even without them, he had gotten close enough to Yuri to be able to share anything with him, more than it was fair to burden him with.
Close enough that he is probably making a huge mistake, he realizes, tensing. He pulls back to a more casual distance, not wanting to leave, but not wanting to make tonight one to regret, either. ]
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Those scabs have been picked at by a more recent betrayal, still so fresh and raw that he feels like Brendan is speaking to his soul. His Persona, Goemon, the being both physical and spiritual that resides within him, born of his rebellious spirit, chuckles in the back of his head in approval. This person might as well be a mind reader. ]
I am not alone here.
[ He was, but two of the Thieves had already shown up, and he was holding out hope that more were on their way. Even without them, he had gotten close enough to Yuri to be able to share anything with him, more than it was fair to burden him with.
Close enough that he is probably making a huge mistake, he realizes, tensing. He pulls back to a more casual distance, not wanting to leave, but not wanting to make tonight one to regret, either. ]
Are you?