[he is going to pat Ichigo's head, though, because he can understand. And it's not like he has remained completely celibate himself in the years they were separated.]
There was a time when I thought... I probably would never see you again.
[What with Ichigo being in the Imperial collection and he himself with the Tokugawa, and then Tokyo National Museum. That plus the amnesia meant that he had thought it bestnot to pine for what woudl not ever come back.]
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[he is going to pat Ichigo's head, though, because he can understand. And it's not like he has remained completely celibate himself in the years they were separated.]
There was a time when I thought... I probably would never see you again.
[What with Ichigo being in the Imperial collection and he himself with the Tokugawa, and then Tokyo National Museum. That plus the amnesia meant that he had thought it bestnot to pine for what woudl not ever come back.]