[It's not the same, really. Yu can't entirely articulate the difference, but he knows that there is one, and that discordant realization is frustrating. Going into the Midnight Channel and finding nothing there waiting for him...
He may never get answers about that. About why it wasn't the same, for him. But Mikey is right in one regard, at least -- he doesn't feel empty, at least not anymore, and he's just as human as anyone else...flaws and all.]
I'm not accepting criticism at this time, [he says with a light half-smile, nudging the other boy's shoulder.] ... but I understand what you're saying.
[Maybe someday he'll find himself face-to-face with a Shadow after all. Maybe he won't. For now, all he can do is recognize those things within himself and act on them, or accept them, or both.]
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He may never get answers about that. About why it wasn't the same, for him. But Mikey is right in one regard, at least -- he doesn't feel empty, at least not anymore, and he's just as human as anyone else...flaws and all.]
I'm not accepting criticism at this time, [he says with a light half-smile, nudging the other boy's shoulder.] ... but I understand what you're saying.
[Maybe someday he'll find himself face-to-face with a Shadow after all. Maybe he won't. For now, all he can do is recognize those things within himself and act on them, or accept them, or both.]