The fact that you even have to say "finally" should speak for itself.
[Fleetingly, he thinks of Jiji, slapping the mats on the floor at home and complaining audibly about wanting a bed instead. His mother was always on him to do things the Japanese way, wasn't she? Act Japanese, if you're going to live in Japan.
He thinks of how she'd looked, in her nest of blankets on the floor with the Speedwagon Foundation moving in with their machines and their surveillance. He remembers how she'd tried to get up and go about her chores like nothing was wrong.
For once in his life he'll agree with Jiji. She needs to sleep in a damn bed for the rest of her life; he never wants to see her lying on a floor again.]
You mean life in a castle, do I like it here? I like sitting on the roof. And it's...spacious. Dry, quiet. It's not bad, as...homes...go.
[He hesitates a little over that one word, unsure how he feels about so casually terming it "home".]
I think it's way too big for just two people, but that's nothing new to me or to you, is it?
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[Fleetingly, he thinks of Jiji, slapping the mats on the floor at home and complaining audibly about wanting a bed instead. His mother was always on him to do things the Japanese way, wasn't she? Act Japanese, if you're going to live in Japan.
He thinks of how she'd looked, in her nest of blankets on the floor with the Speedwagon Foundation moving in with their machines and their surveillance. He remembers how she'd tried to get up and go about her chores like nothing was wrong.
For once in his life he'll agree with Jiji. She needs to sleep in a damn bed for the rest of her life; he never wants to see her lying on a floor again.]
You mean life in a castle, do I like it here? I like sitting on the roof. And it's...spacious. Dry, quiet. It's not bad, as...homes...go.
[He hesitates a little over that one word, unsure how he feels about so casually terming it "home".]
I think it's way too big for just two people, but that's nothing new to me or to you, is it?