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[ what the fuck is a high school ]

... So, nothing pressing.

[ smiles, amused ]

Graduating high school is a pivotal moment in a young man's life.

... Is it?

[ seriously what is high school ]

[ help ]

Yeah, it's when you stop being a kid and have to go into society as an adult.

... Aren't you a little old for that?

[ kids in ff7 leave home at stupid ages ]

[ HELP he was not expecting that

he blinks ]

You must come from a pretty rough place.

[ ... well yea but: ]

More like a small town. You're right, not everyone leaves home that young.

Well, I left my hometown at 15. [ not that long ago tho ] Did you leave home as a kid?

For school?

[ wild. going to school. but: ]

Not really a kid. It was... the spring before I turned fourteen.

[ NO THAT'S A KID ]

[ SO... THIRTEEN? THAT'S BABY? ]

That's... really young. Why did you leave?

Most guys leave around that age back in the country. [ he means countryside and not country-country. he does not explain this. ] Tryin' to get jobs to send money back home or make a life for themselves. I joined SOLDIER.

[ no one... can hear... your caps ]

[ ...? ]

Who?

[ taken aback because RIGHT ]

Oh, uh... Special military group back home.

You joined the military at... thirteen...?

[ O_O ]

Why?

Was just sort of the thing people did. Most of the guys my age left for the city same time I did. Though I joined SOLDIER because...

[ there's hesitance like he doesn't know if he should share this before there's a half-sigh ]

That's where you went if you wanted to be a "hero". [ wry. ]

[ man that's crazy ]

You mean what Aerith said about saving the world? But she made it sound like there weren't that many of you.

No, that's... more of a recent thing. SOLDIERs were the big names in the war, so...

[ how do you explain you fell into war propaganda at 13 ]

[ ? ]

Then what was heroic about it?

What, never heard that shit about protecting your people by joining the military?

[ lol ]

... Not really. Protecting them from what, anyway?

By the time I joined up? Nothing much, really.

[ it's not like he cares about defending his military life choices he is. ex. for a reason ]

[ he was only thirteen he doesn't have to justify anything... ]

Ah. Well, it must've been hard, leaving home?

Not really. Back then, I couldn't wait to get out.

You weren't close with your family...?

It'd always been just me and my mom. It's not like we weren't close, but all guys left town around that age.

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