[And that single sentence brings a moment of clarity to Ignis, answering the unspoken question of why he felt compelled to seek Akira out and check up on him despite the fact that they barely know each other at all.
It's like looking in a mirror, if that mirror showed the person in it several years younger and with fluffy black hair.]
Neither do I.
[He, too, only knows one way to live, to exist, to be. He must always present himself as calm and in control and perfect even though he feels like none of those things, and he sees Akira struggling with the same thing. Maybe that was why he chose to admit to him that he wasn't fine.]
Regardless, I feel like I must be this way for the sake of everyone I care about.
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It's like looking in a mirror, if that mirror showed the person in it several years younger and with fluffy black hair.]
Neither do I.
[He, too, only knows one way to live, to exist, to be. He must always present himself as calm and in control and perfect even though he feels like none of those things, and he sees Akira struggling with the same thing. Maybe that was why he chose to admit to him that he wasn't fine.]
Regardless, I feel like I must be this way for the sake of everyone I care about.