The longer Emporio talks, the more Joseph's expression starts to soften. Spending your childhood hiding inside a prison... it's so far removed from his own experience, he can only speculate on how it would feel, but it must have been rough. And Jolyne must have had a rough time too, if she ended up in prison at 19.
Something nags at the back of his mind, somewhere along the lines of guilt, although he isn't really sure why.
"That's okay... I must have been pretty old. It wouldn't be very surprising if I wasn't around." Especially with how careless he tends to be - it's pure luck that he's going to make it to 19 in the first place. "At least, I'm hoping there isn't a good reason no one talked about me."
With Joseph calming down and lowering his energy, Rush has finally moved to sit down next to him. Joseph mindlessly reaches down to pet him, not seeming to actually notice that he's doing so. (He does notice, but he's afraid of jinxing it, just like he's afraid to press on what exactly the 'end' means.)
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Something nags at the back of his mind, somewhere along the lines of guilt, although he isn't really sure why.
"That's okay... I must have been pretty old. It wouldn't be very surprising if I wasn't around." Especially with how careless he tends to be - it's pure luck that he's going to make it to 19 in the first place. "At least, I'm hoping there isn't a good reason no one talked about me."
With Joseph calming down and lowering his energy, Rush has finally moved to sit down next to him. Joseph mindlessly reaches down to pet him, not seeming to actually notice that he's doing so. (He does notice, but he's afraid of jinxing it, just like he's afraid to press on what exactly the 'end' means.)