364. Thirteen years

...before they met again. Gone at 15, back at 28. Such stiff and theatrical words, an exchange of grade-school-level callouts. Kanon disappeared soon after his imprisonment; Saga never bothered to confirm whether that meant he was dead.

Why? Onscreen canon tears tell us it sure wasn't because Saga didn't give a shit. The only remaining explanation?

He was too scared to find out, terrified of the potential certainty that Kanon really did die at his hand. And after the next thirteen years, after his own death? What undercurrents swept between their ankles beneath those meaningless surface words? After childishly blaming each other, all Saga wanted was to see his face.

He had thirteen years of mirrors.

How long is thirteen years?

After the Poseidon arc, the anime officially went on indefinite hiatus. After the French fanmade animation event, Hades Sanctuary was released after a thirteen-year gap.

My relationship with China: gone at 9, back at 22.

The last time we had a dog.

How long I've lived when my siblings were born.