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“So when I see you two getting along so well, I think—good for you. Good for you,” Ritsu's father says again, strongly, looking at him straight. He’s serious. He rarely looks so serious. A murky feeling of shame stirs sludgily in Ritsu’s gut, long ignored, long dormant. Because Shigeo isn’t here, he thinks uneasily – if his brother was here then Ritsu would be able to ignore it better, to focus better on his more important priority. But his brother isn’t here. His brother is somewhere Ritsu doesn’t know about. He could be anywhere. Anything could be happening to him. Anyone could be—
“I know you two love each other,” their father says. “Of course you do. But – you’re getting older. That’s the thing. And sometimes what’s okay for little kids to do isn’t okay for bigger kids to do.”