[Sasuke's breath hitches at that. Hitches hard, and his grip tightens in the hug. When the hitch breaks, something rattles loose in his chest, and his next breath is a sob.]
[Hearing his mother telling him not to blame himself flies in the face of everything he's believed for the last ten years, and he has absolutely no idea how to handle that.]
If I'd been stronger... if I'd known...
[If he'd been stronger he wouldn't have had to be practicing until too late at night for it to matter. He doesn't know what he could have done had be been there, but fuck, he could have tried.]
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[Hearing his mother telling him not to blame himself flies in the face of everything he's believed for the last ten years, and he has absolutely no idea how to handle that.]
If I'd been stronger... if I'd known...
[If he'd been stronger he wouldn't have had to be practicing until too late at night for it to matter. He doesn't know what he could have done had be been there, but fuck, he could have tried.]