[ The strange thing about it was that Minato liked the fact that it was broken.
It reminded him of how clocks would stop during the Dark Hour. It reminded him of timelessness, of being able to freeze everything and just exist for a while until life (or death) had to resume. It's comforting, this idea that he doesn't have to keep marching on toward his fate all the time.
But there's no way for Kaneda to know all of that... is there? Why would he give this to him?
Minato stands there in his room staring down at it, bemused but appreciative, for quite a while before the light bulb comes on.
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It reminded him of how clocks would stop during the Dark Hour. It reminded him of timelessness, of being able to freeze everything and just exist for a while until life (or death) had to resume. It's comforting, this idea that he doesn't have to keep marching on toward his fate all the time.
But there's no way for Kaneda to know all of that... is there? Why would he give this to him?
Minato stands there in his room staring down at it, bemused but appreciative, for quite a while before the light bulb comes on.
Is today... my birthday? ]