...yeah. I lost it, the day Moebius came for Draken.
[Baji would keep his tone even and impassive, his gaze calm and unerring.]
So I didn't have it when I joined you; and Valhalla. ...Guess Takemichi was taking care of it for me.
[...here is the tricky part, the part that might snap his friend into a place of hurt he didn't want for him.
But Baji would be honest.]
Then Mikey held onto it. ...Wore it like this. After I passed.
[Two implications: that Baji knew he'd died, and that he and Mikey were in accord enough that Mikey had entrusted it back to its rightful keeper and protector.]
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[Baji would keep his tone even and impassive, his gaze calm and unerring.]
So I didn't have it when I joined you; and Valhalla. ...Guess Takemichi was taking care of it for me.
[...here is the tricky part, the part that might snap his friend into a place of hurt he didn't want for him.
But Baji would be honest.]
Then Mikey held onto it. ...Wore it like this. After I passed.
[Two implications: that Baji knew he'd died, and that he and Mikey were in accord enough that Mikey had entrusted it back to its rightful keeper and protector.]