[Their previous conversation isn't meaningless. She's given Natsuno a lot to think about, both good and bad, and Natsuno will spend the near future glumly contemplate fate and the meaning of choices.
He's both confused and annoyed by the twist ending - what do you WANT, Seishin Muroi - but Pollux seems to take it to heart. Natsuno sees the sadness on her face, the way her hands tighten into fists. Why is she upset? Maybe it's another empathy thing, this time about siblings. He's an only child, after all.]
Sounds like he made up a brother because it was easier than dealing with something about himself. [How much of a freak you need to be that an imagined murdered brother is easier to handle than reality?] So if the gods did that to him, isn't it some twisted kindness?
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He's both confused and annoyed by the twist ending - what do you WANT, Seishin Muroi - but Pollux seems to take it to heart. Natsuno sees the sadness on her face, the way her hands tighten into fists. Why is she upset? Maybe it's another empathy thing, this time about siblings. He's an only child, after all.]
Sounds like he made up a brother because it was easier than dealing with something about himself. [How much of a freak you need to be that an imagined murdered brother is easier to handle than reality?] So if the gods did that to him, isn't it some twisted kindness?