He can understand the appeal of immortality, sure; it's total offensive and defensive freedom, the kind of freedom Ban has to be totally reckless when he fights or antagonises people, but Naruto can't shake the feeling that it has it's fair share of drawbacks too. It sounds lonely. Not many people are immortal, after all. He can't imagine what it must be like to constantly watch people grow while you stay in the same spot, what it must be like to watch people leave to places you can't follow.
Naruto isn't immortal and isn't very old, but even so he feels he can relate to what Ban says. ]
An' has it yet? [ He asks. Yet, he says, because that's his way of saying that if it hasn't, he knows it will. Eventually. ] This place is a good thing, don't ya think? The whole team thing, and ALASTAIR.
[ He pauses, stretches out his legs in thought and hums. ]
I'm not gonna live forever, y'know, but I'm gonna do my best to live as long as I can. Till my arms don't work anymore an' my legs are just stumps from all the runnin' I'll do, an' my eyes go misty an' my voice goes all quiet from yellin' so much. I'm gonna chase after all the good stuff and keep it close, y'know. [ Another pause. ] I think it's good to not be normal. Normal is boring.
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He can understand the appeal of immortality, sure; it's total offensive and defensive freedom, the kind of freedom Ban has to be totally reckless when he fights or antagonises people, but Naruto can't shake the feeling that it has it's fair share of drawbacks too. It sounds lonely. Not many people are immortal, after all. He can't imagine what it must be like to constantly watch people grow while you stay in the same spot, what it must be like to watch people leave to places you can't follow.
Naruto isn't immortal and isn't very old, but even so he feels he can relate to what Ban says. ]
An' has it yet? [ He asks. Yet, he says, because that's his way of saying that if it hasn't, he knows it will. Eventually. ] This place is a good thing, don't ya think? The whole team thing, and ALASTAIR.
[ He pauses, stretches out his legs in thought and hums. ]
I'm not gonna live forever, y'know, but I'm gonna do my best to live as long as I can. Till my arms don't work anymore an' my legs are just stumps from all the runnin' I'll do, an' my eyes go misty an' my voice goes all quiet from yellin' so much. I'm gonna chase after all the good stuff and keep it close, y'know. [ Another pause. ] I think it's good to not be normal. Normal is boring.