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Comments

un; May "Satsuki "Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson" Hojo" Sfondi

[me_matey]

ur parents as in ur birth parents?

whoa

[keystaff]

Yes. I don't mean Fai-san and Iwai-san. Not with this, at least.

[me_matey]

shit

[ several minutes late ]r is it dumb that im almost like

jealous?

[keystaff]

You're jealous?

[me_matey]

i never knew my birth parents

don't know their names. don't know what they look like. have no concept in my head of who they are.

[keystaff]

Oh. I at least hear about my mother, and see photos of her around the house. And my dad only passed away last year. There's no way to check, your birth records or something?

[me_matey]

theres nothin to check. there's no birth certificate or anything. i was probably delivered in some back alley off-the-books clinic or somethin

[keystaff]

Oh. I guess there's no way to find out then? Not...officially at least.

[me_matey]

nope

and for a very long time i never wanted to. i kinda hated them.

[keystaff]

You hated them? I mean. I suppose I could understand that, maybe. If you never knew them. But maybe they had their reasons?

[Whatever those reasons were. They probably wanted to give May a better chance than they could provide? Or something had happened to them and so others had had to look after May instead? Sakura obviously isn't sure, but of course that doesn't stop her wanting to try believe the best anyway.]

[me_matey]

there aint nobody to vouch for them. aint nobody to say if they were good pple in a bad situation.

there was just nothing.

and for a kid left alone on the streets, that might as well have been a knife in my back.

[keystaff]

I'm not sure if I'd have any more luck than you in trying to help you find out more. I'm sorry, May-san. It's not fair.

[me_matey]

dont feel pressured to help with this lil bit

this is just somethin i deal with ya feel me?

[keystaff]

I'm not pressured. I just want to.

If I can. Somehow. But.....I won't do anything without talking to you first. If I figure a way to help at all, that is.

[me_matey]

then ill be a bit firmer.

don't.

i don't want it.

[keystaff]

You don't? If you're sure. I just wouldn't want you to miss out. If there was a way to find out. That's all.

[me_matey]

there's some shit in life that aint meant to be fixed

even if by some twisted miracle i did find em, it wouldn't make me hate them less.

[keystaff]

That aren't meant to be fixed? I'm not sure.

But it's your call, May-san. Not anyone else's.