--Okay, he's not going anywhere now. As usual, his own agitation and distress are easy to put aside when someone else needs him, especially when that someone is as important to him as Koumyou is.
He goes down to his knees and then sits back on his heels in front of Koumyou. "It's enough that you want to," Devero tells him earnestly. "And you have to remember that sometimes no matter how much we want to help someone, we can't. That's just the way it is?" (He's been remembering and reciting these old creche lessons so often since he came on the train. His teachers would be so proud.)
Devero reaches out and snags one of Koumyou's hanging sleeves. "Being a Sanzo is the only thing you've had room for in your life for a-- for a long time," he reminds him. "Of course it's all that you know. Anyone who'd expect more of you than that is-- is inconsiderate of the burden you've had to bear."
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He goes down to his knees and then sits back on his heels in front of Koumyou. "It's enough that you want to," Devero tells him earnestly. "And you have to remember that sometimes no matter how much we want to help someone, we can't. That's just the way it is?" (He's been remembering and reciting these old creche lessons so often since he came on the train. His teachers would be so proud.)
Devero reaches out and snags one of Koumyou's hanging sleeves. "Being a Sanzo is the only thing you've had room for in your life for a-- for a long time," he reminds him. "Of course it's all that you know. Anyone who'd expect more of you than that is-- is inconsiderate of the burden you've had to bear."