[Of course, part of him leaps to think: she's better off that way. Unless you're perfect, with good grades, and tons of friends, and adults who actually give a shit, school never does anything good for you. But he knows that's just him running away with himself. He has a feeling Ren would be the kind of kid who loved school, and was loved by the whole school. And more than that, the way she said it... it doesn't sound like she just never got to go, but that she's barely even heard of one.]
[He doesn't like how easily that slots in with the other things he's noticed about her. A girl who wore a hospital gown. Who felt haunted by ghosts. Who didn't get to go to school.]
[And, like every time before, Ichimatsu doesn't bring it up.]
...
... I guess that's all right. Just don't go dreaming that I'm better at it than I actually am. I don't want to disappoint Ren-chan in real life.
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['that place -- a school?']
[Of course, part of him leaps to think: she's better off that way. Unless you're perfect, with good grades, and tons of friends, and adults who actually give a shit, school never does anything good for you. But he knows that's just him running away with himself. He has a feeling Ren would be the kind of kid who loved school, and was loved by the whole school. And more than that, the way she said it... it doesn't sound like she just never got to go, but that she's barely even heard of one.]
[He doesn't like how easily that slots in with the other things he's noticed about her. A girl who wore a hospital gown. Who felt haunted by ghosts. Who didn't get to go to school.]
[And, like every time before, Ichimatsu doesn't bring it up.]
...
... I guess that's all right. Just don't go dreaming that I'm better at it than I actually am. I don't want to disappoint Ren-chan in real life.