[ He does listen without interrupting even once, though his steely expression betrays nothing of what he thought about her words.
Kotori loved singing because it made others happy. It brought to mind when he sang for younger children who asked him for encores, of how his father listened with a quiet smile when he tried it out again at home - they were good memories, but now they felt so very distant. He has no idea where those children are now, and his father had already left. Those were days where he could sing without reservation or pretense; they were long gone now.
If anything, it just made the tangled knot in his chest tighter. ]
... I see.
[ He had to consider the possiblity that maybe he was even a little envious. ]
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Kotori loved singing because it made others happy. It brought to mind when he sang for younger children who asked him for encores, of how his father listened with a quiet smile when he tried it out again at home - they were good memories, but now they felt so very distant. He has no idea where those children are now, and his father had already left. Those were days where he could sing without reservation or pretense; they were long gone now.
If anything, it just made the tangled knot in his chest tighter. ]
... I see.
[ He had to consider the possiblity that maybe he was even a little envious. ]