solnet | [Text/accidentally unfiltered] just your run-of-the-mill existential crisis here

[The text is sent out late at night, when everyone should be sleeping. 'Should be' of course being the key phrase. Yukio doesn't sleep much anyways, and even less since the encounter with Minako's shadow.

He's sleep-deprived, and that's probably why he's acting so foolish. He should know to keep his mouth shut. He told Rin he would tell him if there was anything wrong... but if Rin doesn't ask, he shouldn't need to tell.

He really should stop now before he does something stupid like... send a text. He should be stronger than this. He doesn't want to be a burden. He knows he can rely on Rin, but his brother has enough to worry about.

He's being ridiculous. He'll only annoy Rin, or make him angrier. He doesn't need to do this.

But concern and worry and the sickening cocktail of emotions curdling in his stomach motivate him to send out a text anyways.]

Are you awake?

I'm not sure if anyone told you, but I had a run-in with a shadow. I'm not hurt. Maka got me out of there.

I shouldn't have had any trouble, but the shadow looked like Minako. It wasn't her, and I know that, but for some reason I couldn't bring myself to fight it. I froze up.

Do you think it's okay to kill those things? Better than it is to kill demons?

If you're still mad, you don't have to answer. I'm sorry. I know this is confusing. I wish I knew for sure what was going on.

I don't like not having the answers.

[Eventually, a second text is sent, once he realizes this wasn't filtered to Rin as he had hoped.]

Disregard the last message. It wasn't meant to be sent.

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Yes. And there are good demons. But it’s an exorcist’s job to eliminate the bad ones.

[Even if he kind of forgot that.]

So even if your brother's demon half 'gets the better of him', he could still be a good demon, right?

…Yes. That is true. And I learned that eventually, after a bit of time. I just had been taught the opposite for a long time.

It's hard to let go of things a lot of the time, yeah.

You just have to keep going. Even if you mess up sometimes.

Of course I know that. There’s no point in sitting back and complaining about a situation.

No. But just because you know it doesn't mean you don't need reminders sometimes. It's hard.

I suppose it is difficult. For anyone. For everyone who has been stuck here.

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