Wait, wait— you died...?! And got engaged — to who?! How'd you— um— how'd you come back to life? What?!
[ He wants to know how he died, but stops himself. That's probably not what he needs to describe right now. This is all brain-breaking stuff, indeed, and Zuko's just hearing the recap. Years of this...? His own nine months away from home have already seemed a long time. He'd changed so much in just one year's time, himself. This Gokudera had been through so much now, true trauma, abuse, loss— did he have a sense of his own worth anymore, he wonders? Already that was not his strong point, saw too little in himself even as Zuko knew him. But it sounds like what self-esteem he did have was bruised and beaten, hopefully not entirely out of him. This was so much to take in about someone Zuko loves so much. Time changes a lot; hardship changes more. ]
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Wait, wait— you died...?! And got engaged — to who?! How'd you— um— how'd you come back to life? What?!
[ He wants to know how he died, but stops himself. That's probably not what he needs to describe right now. This is all brain-breaking stuff, indeed, and Zuko's just hearing the recap. Years of this...? His own nine months away from home have already seemed a long time. He'd changed so much in just one year's time, himself. This Gokudera had been through so much now, true trauma, abuse, loss— did he have a sense of his own worth anymore, he wonders? Already that was not his strong point, saw too little in himself even as Zuko knew him. But it sounds like what self-esteem he did have was bruised and beaten, hopefully not entirely out of him. This was so much to take in about someone Zuko loves so much. Time changes a lot; hardship changes more. ]