[Whatever he was going to jokingly say is derailed the moment Shiro lowers his voice. He quiets, listening as Shiro speaks. He's been raised around military men and women. Even though his own upbringing was lax, he knows what it means when his tone takes a cautious note.
He doesn't react to the word "clone" - not by a long shot. One of those closest to him is a cloned offspring of some asshole he's been very glad to know isn't even six feet under because his death left no trace of his body and his consciousness was destroyed.
It would have been bad enough to hear that he'd died. Bad enough that he knows he has to die, himself. Yet that thought is far from his mind because living again...]
2/?
He doesn't react to the word "clone" - not by a long shot. One of those closest to him is a cloned offspring of some asshole he's been very glad to know isn't even six feet under because his death left no trace of his body and his consciousness was destroyed.
It would have been bad enough to hear that he'd died. Bad enough that he knows he has to die, himself. Yet that thought is far from his mind because living again...]