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It wasn’t often that Izumi had the opportunity to interact with someone of younger years, but with the newer members she had plenty of chance — mostly because she’d been getting much older. Not in the sense that her joints would wither away and croak, but youth was slowly fading from her, day by day. Sure, she was proud of everything she’d accomplished already; making sure the kingdom did not die with her parents….yet there was a place in time where one day she’d see herself as a parent.
When she hadn’t known, Nor thought about it much, she was not experienced when it came to children, marriage or even a simple relationship (she was terrible at them). Yet with her more recent development with Osamu, she found herself thinking about it more often. The thought of family….
The sound of light thudding on the ground snapped her out of her thoughts, and she blinked at the sight of the fish Rio had nosed towards her. Cheeks turned a shade of rose from the contrasting thoughts that previously clouded her mind.
Rio had offered her a fish! Izumi didn’t eat fish…
To reject a gift she’d went out of her way to retrieve for Izumi felt terrible, yet to take it with a smile felt disingenuous.
Ah…I appreciate your offer, but I’m afraid this would be wasted on me. I do not eat fish…She admitted, bowing her head apologetically towards the young girl.
You hunted this for me? I feel terrible…
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