"Oh..."
Chachanji can hear the somber tone in her voice. Definitely sounds like something went south at some point or another. Mines dried up? Workers left? It wasn't nice to pry, though, considering how it had taken quite a bit of prodding for the youngest Gegenji to open up about his own family with his friends. So, instead, he decided to try to put a positive spin on things.
"Wow. A whole village, huh?" he repeated curiously. "It's hard enough ta forge a full suit'a armor... I can't imagine how much work must go inta puttin' a whole town tagether."
And yet it was all gone. Well, that took the wind out of his sails. He couldn't help but compare it to Doma, a place also gone now... though perhaps for different reasons. He frowned a bit at the thought, but his face was turned forward, so hopefully his passenger wouldn't notice it.
"A home gone, huh?" Even with the hiding of his expression, Chachan can't quite keep the sad, wistful tone from his voice. "W-well... it's never truly gone as long as ya remember it, right? 'n... 'n there's always a chance fer findin' a new home."
He spoke with experience on that last one. Despite losing Doma, he had found a place at the Hourglass and as Ms. Momodi's errand boy. And now, with his initiation to the Coral Sea... he truly started to feel at home again. The bits of Doma he had slipped into his room at the Coral estate definitely helped, though. Considering how Virara had reacted to the sliding doors, it was apparently not an uncommon feeling.
"Just gotta stay positive."
Chachanji can hear the somber tone in her voice. Definitely sounds like something went south at some point or another. Mines dried up? Workers left? It wasn't nice to pry, though, considering how it had taken quite a bit of prodding for the youngest Gegenji to open up about his own family with his friends. So, instead, he decided to try to put a positive spin on things.
"Wow. A whole village, huh?" he repeated curiously. "It's hard enough ta forge a full suit'a armor... I can't imagine how much work must go inta puttin' a whole town tagether."
And yet it was all gone. Well, that took the wind out of his sails. He couldn't help but compare it to Doma, a place also gone now... though perhaps for different reasons. He frowned a bit at the thought, but his face was turned forward, so hopefully his passenger wouldn't notice it.
"A home gone, huh?" Even with the hiding of his expression, Chachan can't quite keep the sad, wistful tone from his voice. "W-well... it's never truly gone as long as ya remember it, right? 'n... 'n there's always a chance fer findin' a new home."
He spoke with experience on that last one. Despite losing Doma, he had found a place at the Hourglass and as Ms. Momodi's errand boy. And now, with his initiation to the Coral Sea... he truly started to feel at home again. The bits of Doma he had slipped into his room at the Coral estate definitely helped, though. Considering how Virara had reacted to the sliding doors, it was apparently not an uncommon feeling.
"Just gotta stay positive."
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