[Ken's living proof that there are multiple people like that. Minato isn't the only reason he's alive after all, he corrects himself silently, thinking about how that may have been the most recent and obvious sacrifice, but Ken's been saved by the sacrifices of other people, too. Even if his mother's death had been an accident, and Shinjiro was murdered by Takaya, both of their final acts were saving him, too. And unrelated to him, Koromaru nearly gave his life protecting his master's home even after his death.
Jaime was right. There're more than he might think, but, he hopes, if there is anybody who'll jump in like that to save Dipper and Mabel, they don't die doing it. The weight of a life given to save another weighs so heavily on the one who survives. Ken's shoulder is tense and tight under Jaime's hand, and he doesn't know how to unwind himself.]
I just want them to be happy, and alive. I thought -- even if we couldn't stay here forever, I wanted them to be able to be happy. But if they die...
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[Ken's living proof that there are multiple people like that. Minato isn't the only reason he's alive after all, he corrects himself silently, thinking about how that may have been the most recent and obvious sacrifice, but Ken's been saved by the sacrifices of other people, too. Even if his mother's death had been an accident, and Shinjiro was murdered by Takaya, both of their final acts were saving him, too. And unrelated to him, Koromaru nearly gave his life protecting his master's home even after his death.
Jaime was right. There're more than he might think, but, he hopes, if there is anybody who'll jump in like that to save Dipper and Mabel, they don't die doing it. The weight of a life given to save another weighs so heavily on the one who survives. Ken's shoulder is tense and tight under Jaime's hand, and he doesn't know how to unwind himself.]
I just want them to be happy, and alive. I thought -- even if we couldn't stay here forever, I wanted them to be able to be happy. But if they die...