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It was safe to say that he still felt rather... ungainly and stupid. Sighing as he clung to Akiya's hand, Jiro slowly tried his best to keep going in a straight and forward fashion. His hair was back in its typical bun, but nowadays, the weight was so much easier to deal with. Probably because he was bigger and he could handle it better? Something like that. "Jiro... you should still be asleep."

"Been in bed all day and I'm tired of it. I won't get used to walking about until I do it." His chest was still thickly bound, hints of white showing from the v in his outfit from time to time, but he was stubbornly forging ahead anyway. In the end, Akiya decided that it was best to just let him have his way. After all, it wasn't like Jiro had asked to be attacked or weakened in such a fashion. And he was proud of the Imp for doing this despite Sah's obvious worries. "My voice sounds so funny..."

"Voices do change as you grow." His accent was just as thick as ever sometimes but not as bad anywhere. And it seemed he had finally grasped the concept of English, though he scowled and hated on it. The angel just found it amusing how Jiro worked. Sooner or later, he would know everyone one had to know. "You'll get used to it. Just as we will. So where do you wish to go today? The park? The st-"

"Park. We're going to the park." He didn't want to go to the store if he could avoid it. Not that he hated the place, he just found himself there way too often and the park was a nice open area. There he could practice moving about with his new body of his...a nd maybe, if he got lucky, he would run into someone he knew...

His angelic wing twitched, causing him to turn his head to see what had caught its attention. Obviously, it had to be someone he knew or something familiar to make him actually take notice of it. But he did know Armel's accent anywhere and he perked. Least there was someone that he knew! But the words he picked up sounded sad, which made him frown a bit. Armel wasn't exactly like Viddy in terms of how he acted, least not from what he saw, but he didn't sound like that. Deciding it was best to find out himself what was going on, he tugged on his father's arm to get him to go in the direction he wanted him to go to. Akiya had been wandering over to the nearest bench and the swing was in the other direction.

But the angel didn't ask why he had suddenly taken command of their directions, just let him lead him as he pleased. Noticing Armel on the swing, he nodded to himself in understanding. But he definately didn't know who the other person with him was. That was most definately not Pales... he was a bit startled when Jiro let go of his hand and carefully made his way towards the other Tale, not sure if that was a wise thing to do if he looked so down and unhappy.

"Armel!" He had to get his attention somehow, right? He hoped that he wouldn't look too different now that he was older.. but it wasn't like Jiro was a hard one to forget. "It's been awhile! Is everything all right?"

He knew it would take a bit for him to get used to the fact that he was now bigger than he had when they had first met but he saw that Armel easily recalled who he was, even if his voice sounded different, even to his own ears. Thankful when he got up to him cause it meant he could stop moving, though he didn't want that to show, his eyes showed worry when he said his Da was missing. ".... that's horrible... but I don't think he'll be gone forever." Moving carefully, he looked down at him. "You can't give up hope, Armel.... I'm sure that he'll be found or he'll return home. But even if it takes time, you must continue to have faith." He couldn't even imagine what that must feel like, to one day not have his parent there to look after him.

Even though his family was not small, he was sure he would be just as worried and upset if it had. "What happened? You wanna talk about it?" He knelt onto the ground, thankful to take the pressure off his legs because that stopped the pressure in his chest.. somehow. But his eyes were calm as he looked up at his friend, knowing how painful worrying can be. He did that a lot about certain people.

While the two Tales spoke, Akiya looked over Armel's guardian curiously, bowing before him respectfully. "It's nice to meet you.. though I wish it could have been under better circumstances... I'm Akiya and this is my son Jiro." He didn't exactly know what to say to this name until he understood who he was and what his relation to Pales was... though he looked like his father or something at first glance.

"Hnmmm.." Rubbing the back of his neck, he pondered this odd occurance. There definately had to be some kind of purpose behind such a strange shift of moods. "Had it been something that had happened over a period of time or was it just a sudden thing?" It was on days like this, he was thankful he lived in a place with such varied accents because he purposely took the time to listen to him and hear what he was trying saying. Right now, saying something like huh would have been terribly rude and wouldn't help anything. "From what I recall of him, it really doesn't seem like something he would do... but sometimes, things that don't appear to have a purpose truly do... least that's what I think..." Sitting on the seat next to him, he shaking took a breath and started to swing back and forth. "There's no clues for you to go on? None at all?" He wanted to help him... it was something that couldn't be helped. After all, Armel was a friend. A good friend to him and one he hoped would become like a best friend.. though this wish was not spoken aloud. If it was meant to be, it was meant to be.

"The other young man?" Naturally, he wouldn't know about any other people living under Pales' roof because he had never visited him or anything of the sort yet, so he thought it was just Armel and Pales. Though it was good to learn more about people one would like a closer friendship with. "Well... it's better than trying to keep him cooped up in the house. I'm having the same sort of issues myself. I was told to allow jiro out and about.. But I can understand how you feel... I mean, anyone would worry when there's someone they care about missing." He had heard the slip he had made but made no mention of it. He could be the type to totally pry and get answers... but not right then and not in this case.

He made a slight face when he mentioned arguments, swinging back and forth barely without much thought. It didn't seem to make a lot of sense but since he didn't know Armel's Da terribly well there was nothing he could really say about whether it was out of character or not. "Yeah.. I'm sure I would be just as confused and upset if Shouhin had done something similiar... but if something is wrong, what do you wanna do about it? It's not like you can go searching for him on your own..." If he did wish to search, he would most likely offer to come along. That was just how he was at times. "I dunno.. it just sounds really confusing to me as well.. but I want to help you out.. somehow..."

"Ah..." was all he could really say to something like that and he only looked a bit more baffled. There was so much he just didn't know so it didn't really help anything truly. "Yes, it's good to get Armel out instead of being trapped up in his house... I'm sure the child is really lonely and afraid right now. But it's only natural..." He was glad that he had brought Jiro out as well. the imp's aura seemed a bit more at ease than it had been since the incidents at home. "Un... I can understand what you mean.. sometimes, things that might seem important at one time can so easily turn into something that isn't... and then you're only left wondering why the argument happened in the first place..."


((Holy crap sorry >< Since I got my new job I've been really out of it >> but yeah I'll do better -_- ))

"Ah, then it's always best to be around in case they need you. Aimlessly wandering about and getting lost is not something I would find fun.. but that's just me." His gaze turned thoughtful as he said someone else was looking for his father and he nodded. It was probably all taken care of so he truly couldn't worry over it much more. Not to say that he wouldn't in his own fashion, but Armel seemed okay with it. So he had to let it go.

Shaking his head, he smirked and clapped a hand on Armel's shoulder. "Nah, don't even apologize. I'm glad I could help you out. It doesn't matter if I got confused or not. It's more for your benefit to get things off your chest anyway, right?" The smirk deepened and he nodded, hopping off the swing and stretching. "Most definately! We need to do something else. A distraction is definately in need. So what do you wanna do?" He was up for anything.. even though he shouldn't technically pull his own wounds too much, anything was better than sitting on swings.

"Kids will be kids. They're all way too active for their own good at times. If they aren't, then that usually means something's wrong with them. Least.. that's what I've learned with Jiro." Waving a hand gently, he watched the two kids as they spoke amongst themselves, a smile on his lips. He was glad Jiro did have some friends, no matter how much the boy liked to pretend it was safer to be alone.

He watched Albion for a moment or two before he grinned. "I'm sure you two will do just fine. Life is about messing up and learning from them, after all. It's just how it goes..."