8th Rise of the Phoenix ஜ Voice

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[Ikki has never been a man to really care about those festivities, he never had time for them before and now he has no reason at all to care. Maybe, had Esmeralda lived longer, had them met under other circumstances at another place away from the cruelty of Death's Queen Island... Maybe he would have celebrated Saint Valentine's Day with her, maybe by his own will or just because she wanted to celebrate it and he didn't see a reason to upset her over something so small.

But Esmeralda is dead and he's a warrior, a soldier whose live belongs to Athena, for whom he will fight and die as many times as he has to, until his Cloth moves on to another warrior. So this day has no meaning for him. Neither was he present for previous experiments so for him it's all a normal day, there's not even the feeling of something missing. He had planned to maybe ignore the world during the day, for no other reason than being himself, but... Hyoga's habit of eating his footwear is starting to annoy him.]

Oi, anyone here is good with animals? I can't seem to get my wolf to stop eating my footwear.

[A pause.]

And no, books so far haven't helped with it.

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[Ikki had to take care of his little brother since he was young, but even with the orphanages, he wasn't able to enjoy much of being a child or play with Shun. He was always worried about them getting separated or his brother getting hurt, so he forced himself to be stronger and stronger, he grew up too fast and too soon. And even if he took well care of Shun, he rarely played with him, instead using their time together to try to make Shun stronger, specially when Mitsumasa Kido found them and they learned they would be separated no matter what.

Ikki pays attention to Hyoga, he really does. The wolf is well feed, clean and healthy. But Ikki doesn't play with him other than running behind him when they go out for walks and the puppy starts to run. Ikki just doesn't get what "having fun" means. So he watches Nill with a mix of complete confusion and surprise.

Hyoga growls as Nill starts to tug at the bone, but it's a light growl, mostly a playful one before the animal tugs back with all its strengths, letting go after a bit because that's the fun of a tug-of-war. The animal would prefer it if it was Ikki doing it but it won't complain for now. Maybe seeing this girl will get Ikki to do the same.]

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[Nill grins as she and Hyoga play tug-of-war for a bit. She never had much time to play with other kids her age either, but somehow she grew up knowing how to play. With dogs, with children, joking with adults, she manages it all despite her rough patch before she knew Haine.]

[When Hyoga lets go, Nill swings it a few times, making as though she's going to throw it. She finally tosses it a little ways away, so Hyoga can fetch it. Once the puppy's back, Nill gives Ikki an encouraging look and gesture--you try this time!]