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[betrayedblade]

Kadaj? [...] Kadaj...

Has anyone seen him lately? Is he gone or has he just run off? He wasn't at his lesson the other day... I know he runs off sometimes without telling anyone...

But he's gone, isn't he?

[He sighs.] Go in peace, giovane.

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[betrayedblade.livejournal.com]

I cannot find him. I cannot contact him.

[prodigal-axe.livejournal.com]

[Checking frequency. Then a quiet but heated:]

God damn it. I can't believe this...

Maybe he'll show up again. Some of 'em are only gone for a week or two.

[betrayedblade.livejournal.com]

Seifer did that.

And then he left too.

[prodigal-axe.livejournal.com]

Tch. There's no way to know for sure...

He was here longer than me. Three years...never went home once. Damn.

[betrayedblade.livejournal.com]

Perhaps it was time for him to go home. I don't know what that means for him, not entirely... but I hope, eventually, it means peace. That eventually...he will learn to find it.

[prodigal-axe.livejournal.com]

That's...

That's what he wanted. He's gonna get exactly what he was trying to find.

So, I guess it ain't so bad. Some people wanna go home.

[There's upset creeping up under his rough voice, though.]

[betrayedblade.livejournal.com]

To go home... no, to find a home.

Sometimes I wonder if Discedo was the only 'home' he knew.

[...]

He'll be fine. He'll find it again.

[prodigal-axe.livejournal.com]

... Yeah.

Besides, who knows. He might show up here again someday.

[betrayedblade.livejournal.com]

It is always possible.

I told him I wouldn't leave him. I wonder: does his being taken away count...?

[prodigal-axe.livejournal.com]

I'm gonna hope he does...

[And there's a long silence.]

No. It doesn't... At least he didn't leave thinkin' he had no one left. That's what matters.

[betrayedblade.livejournal.com]

Only if he is happier here. But I agree...

...I hope you're right. Thank you though.