muffin cups and placing them in the tray for batter to go into )

I’ve been struggling with the tomatoes for some reason… vine plants… I always struggle with vine plants.

( He sighs. Grabbing the big bowl of batter )

meandering around the kitchen, checking various cabinets until he can find a blueberry-muffin mix box. )

Y’know, we actually didn’t have blueberries here in Universe six until our Earth mysteriously got restored…

( Taking the mix over to the counter. Baking time! )

you can just leave and be in an entirely different universe?

I would never have to dodge a Kamehameha again. I could just… be gone.

That is not what Stephanie wanted for you. "

He crossed his arms across his chest, as he stared at her.

Now, he wasn't trying to intimidate her, he was merely looking on with pity. And understanding.

She's strong, she can get through this. He's sure of it. It just takes time...

But you have people. Sora, Chaya, even I, if you care to accept me.

These people will keep you straight through this pain. You will not lose yourself.

I can guarantee you- your mom was proud of you before she passed. And scared. She cared for you so much...

So don't lose yourself in this pain.---

would do the same if Stephanie was murdered, no?

But what happens next? How do you move on?

After that... I left myself behind. I dedicated myself to becoming a hitman. I forsook my education, my life, for murder...

Simply because I didn't know what to do.

I had nothing. No-one. I was lost.

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mothers corpse in our living room.

She was killed because of me. She made deals with local criminals that she couldn't pay back.

So they made her pay. With her 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦. "

He sighs

" And so, I took revenge. Two years later, I used the time-skip to kill every single one of them.

I'm sure you---

Except worse.

Not only did I not get to say goodbye... but it was never supposed to happen in the first place.

𝐌𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝. "

He let that hang in the air for a moment. He was going to give his mother the respect that was deserved.

" Over a thousand years ago... I came home to my---

believe no one should go through. "

Hit walked over to a nearby rock to sit on top of it.

" I know I reek of death. But I'm not just like this because I want to be. "

His face went cold as he thought back on the memory.

" I was younger than you are now... when I experienced the same pain.

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