Sixty-One.

The following silence stretched uncomfortably between them.

It was not the first time that Kagome had a talk with the daiyoukai, since being Rin main mentor made her the first person Sesshoumaru went to when he visited, but it was definitely a first realizing how much he seemed to have understood her.

Obviously, he was right: she had never thought in detail what such a life would entail. In the past, she had loved travelling because she was with her friends – but now… were she to follow that path… wouldn't she end up even more lonely than she already was?

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(100 words.)