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ARDYN IZUNIA

Ardyn Izunia. Professor of law. Lord of law. Liege of law. The one grading your papers. Leave a message.

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[He shakes his head, making a gesture with his hand to indicate sweeping a certain notion away. No, he doesn't want Yu to begin to worry about him; that's the last thing he desires.]

You didn't bring up anything difficult for me, nephew. Don't worry yourself, I can deal with them quite well on my own. But I understand what you mean -- that such advice is easily given, but more difficult to adhere to when it happens to you, isn't it?

[He can also relate to that in many ways.]

Just think of how sincere you are when you tell others the same. How you trust that you can choose who you wish to be, even with all these memories. That is equivalent to my faith in you, tenfold that.

[He offers a weak smile.]

Perhaps we should look at these remembrances as blessings. A stark reminder of what we don't want to be like. Of how we don't want things to end. Motivation, in its clearest form.

[covenantal]

[ His smile flickers across his face again, with a little more feeling than before. "Do as I say, not as I do" is an all too easy mindset to slip into. But it makes Yu's heart squeeze to know that Ardyn feels that way, too.

In the end he's mostly quiet, sighing as he runs a hand through his hair. He feels like he can't deny his uncle's words, especially when they seem to apply to him too, but it's hard to make himself believe it. ]

... motivation is a good way to look at it, [ he says in the end, with his own weak smile. It's not much, but it's still at least some measure of progress. The edge of panic has left him completely, and how he simply seems tired. ]

I ... would it be alright if I stayed here for a few days? I need to talk to Souji about this, but I...

[ ...

he's just not ready for that conversation yet. ]

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[Even an inch of progress is better than none at all — he can’t hope for his words to dissipate Yu’s uncertainties so easily. This was not a matter so simply discarded. But that smile, faint as it is, gives him hope. Provides him with some comfort, knowing that he can still make his nephew grin — even weakly — so that he does not feel so alone in what he faces. That he has his family, his uncle, to lean on if he chooses to. That Ardyn is ready and willing to help and talk about all of this, any time.

So of course he just nods at the request.]

Of course you can. You needn’t even ask, really. I’ll even be so kind as to provide you with the guest room, instead of letting you sleep on the couch. Your uncle is generous like that.

[He jokes, airy.]

Stay as long as you need. And know that you don’t have to figure this all out by yourself. It’s a process for all of us, Yu, and we’ll crack and break if we try to do it alone.

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How thoughtful, [ he murmurs, with a shadow of his normal humor. ] I'll repay your kindness by cooking dinner for us each night. [ this part he means.

His smile fades after that, and he runs a hand through his hair. ]

... could -- Yosuke stay, as well? He's ... I'll need him. [ raw and soft and a little unsure. it's frightening to need someone, and so reassuring to know that they're there. ]

[daemonized]

[It's good to hear that humor thread back into the conversation. It means that something is shifting back to normal, which is rare these days.]

Of course he can. He is just as welcome to stay for as long as either of you require, as well.

[He grins lightly.] All the more people to help take care of the cats.

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[ A ghost of a smile. ]

The more the merrier.

[ Yu's really not sure if things are going to be okay. Right now, it doesn't really feel like they will be.

But he tries to convince himself, anyway. Because ... because, at least he has someone in his corner no matter what.

Someone who has the same fears he does... ]