[Jaime watches as Killua practically caves in on himself, and just seeing that, seeing how hard this must be for him, is enough to make his heart twist uncomfortably in his chest. He knows that Killua's had a hard life, that nearly everyone he's surrounded himself with have had hard lives, but it never gets easier to see them in pain.
People call folks like Jaime soft, but it takes an awful lot of strength to keep caring.]
Oh.
[Jaime's gaze softens, but he doesn't look surprised. He knows how this dance goes. He's thought about it often enough himself, about all the people he loves who are going home to terrible things - or worse, don't have a home to return to. More than that, from what he knows of Gon and Killua's world, it's just not a nice place to be, nor is it a safe place to be. It's a place where children like Gon and Killua are allowed to run free amongst pedophiles and murderers, where they don't seem to have a single soul looking out for them as they plunge headfirst into danger and dismemberment.
oh nooo OH NO IS THIS CHIMERA ANT SHIT I WASN'T READY
People call folks like Jaime soft, but it takes an awful lot of strength to keep caring.]
Oh.
[Jaime's gaze softens, but he doesn't look surprised. He knows how this dance goes. He's thought about it often enough himself, about all the people he loves who are going home to terrible things - or worse, don't have a home to return to. More than that, from what he knows of Gon and Killua's world, it's just not a nice place to be, nor is it a safe place to be. It's a place where children like Gon and Killua are allowed to run free amongst pedophiles and murderers, where they don't seem to have a single soul looking out for them as they plunge headfirst into danger and dismemberment.
They're only kids.]
What are you guys going back to?