[Megumi listened to his words in silence, hearing not only Aoshi but also Kenshin and the rest of her friends who had stood by her despite her past. She couldn't say that they didn't understood her - after all, they had deliberately spilled blood in the past, and bore the burden of that knowledge now. While Megumi had been held by the neck by Kanryuu, her continued production of opium was still done in the knowledge that she was ruining lives. In the end, they were the same. The difference was that . . . Aoshi was more willing to fight to live.]
[She remembered how Kenshin had simply given up when they believed that Kaoru was dead. Aoshi had been the voice of reason then, despite their sorrow. Megumi was quick to surrender as well today, and that again, it was Aoshi trying to make things right.]
[She couldn't help the quirk of her lips. It was all so ironic.]
Maybe I should start meditating like you do.
[Her voice shook, but it was at least a way for her to say that she understood.]
Thank you, again.
[She would never truly be rid of her fatalistic mindset - after all, she remembered all too clearly how she told Kaoru that she was willing to die for love, just like Tomoe, or to die for her sins, as she told the police when they came to Kenshin about Shishio. But Megumi would remember the things Aoshi said and see the wisdom in his words.]
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[She remembered how Kenshin had simply given up when they believed that Kaoru was dead. Aoshi had been the voice of reason then, despite their sorrow. Megumi was quick to surrender as well today, and that again, it was Aoshi trying to make things right.]
[She couldn't help the quirk of her lips. It was all so ironic.]
Maybe I should start meditating like you do.
[Her voice shook, but it was at least a way for her to say that she understood.]
Thank you, again.
[She would never truly be rid of her fatalistic mindset - after all, she remembered all too clearly how she told Kaoru that she was willing to die for love, just like Tomoe, or to die for her sins, as she told the police when they came to Kenshin about Shishio. But Megumi would remember the things Aoshi said and see the wisdom in his words.]