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[mylegacy]

"Leave a message, per favore; I'll be back before you know it."

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[ino]

[ Another pause. Because she just did it, even though she knows it's ... not actually helpful in any way. Still, she understands the sentiment behind it, even if it is pointless ... which is why she offered it at all. Because there's nothing much else to say, and "me too!" seems a little bit off the mark. ]

Like they wish they could make it better, even if there's nothing that could change the way things happened.

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[mylegacy]

That's fair. Then I'm sorry.

I never really told people, that's why I asked. Just my teacher, and she doesn't react to things emotionally.

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[ino]

Not even Jojo?

[ She's actually kind of honored, now, wow. ]

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[mylegacy]

No. Someone else told him. He wasn't happy about it.

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[ino]

Well, it's not exactly a fun topic of conversation ...

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[mylegacy]

I can't tell if that means you think I was right for not telling him, or he was right to be angry. Or both.

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[ino]

There are plenty of things I've never told my friends because it would have worried them, or because they didn't need to know it. I probably would have done the same thing as you.

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[mylegacy]

Oh.

[That. Makes him feel better, actually.]

Were they angry with you?

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[ino]

Mostly, they never found out.

But I think when they did, if they did, they understood why it was being kept from them. It's just that places like these have ways of making secrets become not so secret anymore.