Inumaki types a great deal. In return, Nanami takes the time to read it all and a few more moments to process each paragraph. Alternate lives. It's so tempting to imagine a life where Haibara lives, where they get to— Nanami stops himself. That's not possible, and this is not the time or place. He's chosen to look forward instead of backward for once. His attention should be on Inumaki and Folkmore, this place he now resides in to do better than his final moments.
The first two alternate lives sound far healthier for Inumaki. Nanami hopes that time and the memories of them give Inumaki something he lacks from growing up in the world of jujutsu sorcery, something none of the kids from the clan get. Not even Gojo. The last one, however, pulls at Nanami's heart the most. A life mostly like the one Inumaki has lived but with a family member, an adult, looking out for him from before Gojo started doing so. That's... huge. It can be a huge help to Inumaki. It makes Nanami look kinder toward Thirteen. Those are ways of helping Inumaki that Nanami didn't think was possible.
"That is remarkable," Nanami says. An understatement. "I doubt I have fully realized on the extent of what Thirteen can do, what can happen to us here." As ominous as that could be, it doesn't feel ominous from these examples. Thirteen could easily create horrors and terrors beyond his imagination, but instead it's... this.
"I am glad you have found a strong, healthy connection with someone here, someone who supports you. I am not your family, not even your teacher, but I am here if you need anything," Nanami says. Whether Inumaki accepts or not, Nanami will look out for him.
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The first two alternate lives sound far healthier for Inumaki. Nanami hopes that time and the memories of them give Inumaki something he lacks from growing up in the world of jujutsu sorcery, something none of the kids from the clan get. Not even Gojo. The last one, however, pulls at Nanami's heart the most. A life mostly like the one Inumaki has lived but with a family member, an adult, looking out for him from before Gojo started doing so. That's... huge. It can be a huge help to Inumaki. It makes Nanami look kinder toward Thirteen. Those are ways of helping Inumaki that Nanami didn't think was possible.
"That is remarkable," Nanami says. An understatement. "I doubt I have fully realized on the extent of what Thirteen can do, what can happen to us here." As ominous as that could be, it doesn't feel ominous from these examples. Thirteen could easily create horrors and terrors beyond his imagination, but instead it's... this.
"I am glad you have found a strong, healthy connection with someone here, someone who supports you. I am not your family, not even your teacher, but I am here if you need anything," Nanami says. Whether Inumaki accepts or not, Nanami will look out for him.