[it's also a long time before he gets an answer, a soft sigh breathed out before ishi speaks.]
I would very much like to tell you I haven't, but-- yes. This is not the first time.
[but that doesn't make it any less sorrowful. maybe it was a bit too much to hope that it might not happen here, that things could be settled without bloodshed, reversible or not.]
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I would very much like to tell you I haven't, but-- yes. This is not the first time.
[but that doesn't make it any less sorrowful. maybe it was a bit too much to hope that it might not happen here, that things could be settled without bloodshed, reversible or not.]