Hal Emmerich (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
vulpesvivus) wrote2011-09-22 07:52 am
vulpesvivus) wrote2011-09-22 07:52 am
☮ 052; [text]
I don't know how many people knew him, but it looks like Huey Emmerich went home.
[It was strange--five years ago, he remembered this situation had sent him into a near-total breakdown. Now, he just...quietly accepted it. Whether that was due to the fact that he wasn't quite the same now or the fact that he knew his father could come back somehow, Otacon wasn't sure.]
[Of course, just because he accepted it didn't mean it hurt any less. That sentence was the only message he sent, and he couldn't even quite manage to say it.]
[It was strange--five years ago, he remembered this situation had sent him into a near-total breakdown. Now, he just...quietly accepted it. Whether that was due to the fact that he wasn't quite the same now or the fact that he knew his father could come back somehow, Otacon wasn't sure.]
[Of course, just because he accepted it didn't mean it hurt any less. That sentence was the only message he sent, and he couldn't even quite manage to say it.]
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[He... hadn't always gotten along with Huey, but he hadn't been the worst person he'd ever known. Hell, he really didn't even rank in the worst fifty-percent. And he had been important to Hal, which by association made him kind of important to Liquid, too.]
Hal.
[He gave the engineer's shoulder a gentle squeeze.]
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[Otacon wasn't sure if it hadn't sunk in yet, or if he'd just gotten colder over five years. Maybe he was just numb to things by now. But he'd still lean against Liquid and hug him.]