'I listened to all of that calmly. Mostly calmly. 'Many ways to bring excitement to people'. 'Tons of members, tons of insight, and a lot of sway?'
Yeah, maybe that was one of Haruhi's dreams. But somehow it's just not the same as the Brigade that I signed up for. I honestly don't know if it's better or not. Helping people? The SOS Brigade only rarely manages something like that. Most of the time we just do what we please, and save the universe mostly from ourselves. So maybe it's better?
But all I can say is what I feel in my heart, that if it's not us, it's not the real SOS Brigade. All of us. Even Koizumi. I'll punch him in the face, but he can still be there. What is she trying to say? That she succeeded without us? That we're all replaceable? Does she really believe that?
Is that actually true? Or is she actually just upset that we weren't here and that she needed to make some other version of the Brigade to make up for it?
It reminds me of those stories where a soldier goes off to war and is presumed dead, so his fiance marries another man, but it turns out he was a prisoner of war all along and comes home. Not that I watch that kind of movie. My aunt loves that kind of thing, though.
Where was I? Probably just trying to distract myself, right? How am I going to treat it anything like the old clubroom without Nagato sitting by the window, or Asahina-san cutely serving tea, or Koizumi smiling that damned smile at me while proffering the board games?'
[A rather lengthy pause later, he sighs.]
It's hardly our fault that we haven't been here when we have no idea how to get here. If it's your brigade, you can do whatever you want with it. I'm not arguing.
[His tone doesn't speak agreement, though: it has clear overtones of "we'll have to agree to disagree".]
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Yeah, maybe that was one of Haruhi's dreams. But somehow it's just not the same as the Brigade that I signed up for. I honestly don't know if it's better or not. Helping people? The SOS Brigade only rarely manages something like that. Most of the time we just do what we please, and save the universe mostly from ourselves. So maybe it's better?
But all I can say is what I feel in my heart, that if it's not us, it's not the real SOS Brigade. All of us. Even Koizumi. I'll punch him in the face, but he can still be there. What is she trying to say? That she succeeded without us? That we're all replaceable? Does she really believe that?
Is that actually true? Or is she actually just upset that we weren't here and that she needed to make some other version of the Brigade to make up for it?
It reminds me of those stories where a soldier goes off to war and is presumed dead, so his fiance marries another man, but it turns out he was a prisoner of war all along and comes home. Not that I watch that kind of movie. My aunt loves that kind of thing, though.
Where was I? Probably just trying to distract myself, right? How am I going to treat it anything like the old clubroom without Nagato sitting by the window, or Asahina-san cutely serving tea, or Koizumi smiling that damned smile at me while proffering the board games?'
[A rather lengthy pause later, he sighs.]
It's hardly our fault that we haven't been here when we have no idea how to get here. If it's your brigade, you can do whatever you want with it. I'm not arguing.
[His tone doesn't speak agreement, though: it has clear overtones of "we'll have to agree to disagree".]