[ He agreed with the sentiment. The kind of reaction the other man has...he wonders, how many times has he thought along those same thoughts as well. Gone through the same struggle, when it doesn't feel like moving forward is enough, even to spite those who had tore a void through the normalcy in the normal life before their eyes.

He only wishes where he would venture next wouldn't be the reason for the disappearance of the smile. But, Ganymede isn't going to change his mind and decide to come up with a poor lie that 'it was nothing' or anything like that. ]

I saw what you experienced. It must have hurt. I know it did.

So, I wondered, if you had thought the same, like I did. That there were times when other motivations didn't feel like enough. And now that something so painful had revealed itself again to you, you couldn't pretend that nothing had gone amiss. That the world hadn't hurt you.

Because you were stronger than before. Because you could stand on your own feet, strong and alone, with no vulnerabilities.

...Did you?