[Of course he remembers it. How many times has he recounted that memory of Jiji, full of frustration and derision? Of course he remembers taking Godzilla to the park, and how he'd set him down for just a minute when something else had caught his attention, and how one thing had led to another, keeping his attention elsewhere, and not on the bench where he'd set his favorite toy down.
There'd been a man in the park. Not watching him, not suspicious or predatory, but just...remarkable. Worthy of notice. He remembers nothing about him, except that he'd been there, and that he'd thought the man seemed both happy and sad at the same time.
Then the realization that Godzilla had been misplaced. The horrible sinking guilt of having been so careless. The ache of loss, born of his own thoughtless actions. How badly he'd wanted to cry, and how hard he'd fought not to.
And then — that man. Blonde like his mother. His voice gentle like her, too. And eyes he didn't recognize back then, but that he'd never mistake for any others now.]
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Wait...I remember that —
[Of course he remembers it. How many times has he recounted that memory of Jiji, full of frustration and derision? Of course he remembers taking Godzilla to the park, and how he'd set him down for just a minute when something else had caught his attention, and how one thing had led to another, keeping his attention elsewhere, and not on the bench where he'd set his favorite toy down.
There'd been a man in the park. Not watching him, not suspicious or predatory, but just...remarkable. Worthy of notice. He remembers nothing about him, except that he'd been there, and that he'd thought the man seemed both happy and sad at the same time.
Then the realization that Godzilla had been misplaced. The horrible sinking guilt of having been so careless. The ache of loss, born of his own thoughtless actions. How badly he'd wanted to cry, and how hard he'd fought not to.
And then — that man. Blonde like his mother. His voice gentle like her, too. And eyes he didn't recognize back then, but that he'd never mistake for any others now.]
...That was you...