No. This is something that even I wouldn't have predicted. Death is supposed to be the end of things.
[ It is a bit more complicated than that, but it would be missing the forest to see the trees. He had accepted the finality of death not just for others, but for himself, and sought comfort in the fact that he would find nothing after.
If Odasaku is here, then that means that there is.
How should he feel about that, after spending so much time wishing to see him again?
Dazai takes a step forward, closing the gap between them. He wants to say something, but he isn't sure what. He reaches a hand out at length, trying to brush his fingers along the back of his other's hand, as though that slight gesture alone could convey all those conflicting feelings that have remained locked up tight for so long. And in return he asks, ]
Odasaku... Are you disappointed?
[ About the fact that he's alive, or about this peculiar situation that he's found himself in? Or something else entirely? Dazai doesn't clarify, but he's searching his face for an answer. ]
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[ It is a bit more complicated than that, but it would be missing the forest to see the trees. He had accepted the finality of death not just for others, but for himself, and sought comfort in the fact that he would find nothing after.
If Odasaku is here, then that means that there is.
How should he feel about that, after spending so much time wishing to see him again?
Dazai takes a step forward, closing the gap between them. He wants to say something, but he isn't sure what. He reaches a hand out at length, trying to brush his fingers along the back of his other's hand, as though that slight gesture alone could convey all those conflicting feelings that have remained locked up tight for so long. And in return he asks, ]
Odasaku... Are you disappointed?
[ About the fact that he's alive, or about this peculiar situation that he's found himself in? Or something else entirely? Dazai doesn't clarify, but he's searching his face for an answer. ]