[ He could be honest with Olivia — right here, right now. He could talk about all sorts of things he wishes could come true. It could be maybe actually knowing his parents since he grew up without them, or maybe growing up with siblings; something that would have made him feel less alone. He could have wished for an actual home or domestic upbringing when he was little and instead was abandoned on the battlefield— picking at corpses like some scavenger. Gintoki could wish for love— and wish for his love to be reciprocated. What was the fun in that, though? Love needs to come from the heart and as pure as possible or what is it worth?
He could wish for luck and prosperity for the people in the city he cared so much about; Kagura behaving like an actual lady — Shinpachi actually getting a girlfriend who cared about him and treated him well. They both would be successful, wonderful people.
Truth of the matter is, he knew that he probably wouldn't have to wish for that. It would come naturally in due time.
Maybe he could wish him back to life; maybe he could wish the most important person to him was still living today. The person who took him in and raised him and that he built the strongest bond with of all.
Maybe he could wish the war never happened.
Though, something in the back of Gintoki's mind, knew things happen for a reason and whatever path he constructs for himself.. it shouldn't ever change once you have walked over it.
He breathes out the dumbest answer, his arms outstretching for emphasis: ]
A giant, never ending parfait.
[ This is a child you are talking to, Olivia. And as crestfallen of a person a he could be, and as much as a burden as he was baring— as hard as it would be for him to be genuinely happy..
Gintoki wouldn't change anything about his life for the world, even if it didn't seem like he truth sometimes. Without his suffering, he knew that he wouldn't understand what it would be like to try so desperately to make the world not feel what he has felt and gone through.
Perhaps this is why he wants to help and protect people so much. ]
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[ He could be honest with Olivia — right here, right now. He could talk about all sorts of things he wishes could come true. It could be maybe actually knowing his parents since he grew up without them, or maybe growing up with siblings; something that would have made him feel less alone. He could have wished for an actual home or domestic upbringing when he was little and instead was abandoned on the battlefield— picking at corpses like some scavenger. Gintoki could wish for love— and wish for his love to be reciprocated. What was the fun in that, though? Love needs to come from the heart and as pure as possible or what is it worth?
He could wish for luck and prosperity for the people in the city he cared so much about; Kagura behaving like an actual lady — Shinpachi actually getting a girlfriend who cared about him and treated him well. They both would be successful, wonderful people.
Truth of the matter is, he knew that he probably wouldn't have to wish for that. It would come naturally in due time.
Maybe he could wish him back to life; maybe he could wish the most important person to him was still living today. The person who took him in and raised him and that he built the strongest bond with of all.
Maybe he could wish the war never happened.
Though, something in the back of Gintoki's mind, knew things happen for a reason and whatever path he constructs for himself.. it shouldn't ever change once you have walked over it.
He breathes out the dumbest answer, his arms outstretching for emphasis: ]
A giant, never ending parfait.
[ This is a child you are talking to, Olivia.
And as crestfallen of a person a he could be, and as much as a burden as he was baring— as hard as it would be for him to be genuinely happy..
Gintoki wouldn't change anything about his life for the world, even if it didn't seem like he truth sometimes.
Without his suffering, he knew that he wouldn't understand what it would be like to try so desperately to make the world not feel what he has felt and gone through.
Perhaps this is why he wants to help and protect people so much. ]