[To him, fear was an alien emotion. He'd felt it a handful of times, like when Nanako was kidnapped and when she almost died, but even then, it was eclipsed by other emotions. Frustration, anger, helplessness. Fear was buried under all of them. Maybe that was a defense mechanism, but he'd never given the reason much thought. He'd never given any of it much thought.
Right now, it was more like trepidation. Something about this moment felt fragile. It wasn't Minato himself, but the place he'd come from. Even now, it felt wrong to hope that he'd manage to remember, when so many others hadn't.]
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[To him, fear was an alien emotion. He'd felt it a handful of times, like when Nanako was kidnapped and when she almost died, but even then, it was eclipsed by other emotions. Frustration, anger, helplessness. Fear was buried under all of them. Maybe that was a defense mechanism, but he'd never given the reason much thought. He'd never given any of it much thought.
Right now, it was more like trepidation. Something about this moment felt fragile. It wasn't Minato himself, but the place he'd come from. Even now, it felt wrong to hope that he'd manage to remember, when so many others hadn't.]
But...it's something like fear.