The confirmation isn't a surprise, not when Nanami knew they were true. However, it's confirmation of what he experienced. Of the afterlife. Not the topic for the day, but it gives him something further to ponder in his own time. Epiphany always makes him think things over.
No doubt there is much painful information to learn. Maki comes from after Gojo dies. They must be facing Sukuna themselves, and what that promises is not good. "Yes," Nanami says, "Ignorance won't help me."
Nanami walks to keep up with Maki. He didn't know Sukuna possessed Fushiguro. However, the Zen'in and Gojo clans have clashed in the past, and that cursed technique could help Sukuna. He thinks of that last shikigami. That could explain it, though undefeated, it would be a threat to them both. Undefeated. Did something else happen with Fushiguro?
"I might be surprised the elders are dead, but Thirteen had me face a trial considering killing them myself not long after I arrived."
The Zen'in clan, however, is news. Nanami looks over at Maki. Her sister must be included in the dead. They weren't on speaking terms, so far as he knew, but that is a great deal of loss. "What other sorcerers are dead?"
Maki's quiet for a moment before she outlines the other details of events after Shibuya with the exception of the murder of her own clan. That's not relevant to the overall battles. "We were still fighting him when I got pulled back here. It's still the same day."
Nanami listens quietly. Silently. He knew so little, for all he could guess bits and pieces of it. The fake Geto's game and all that entailed is not something the afterlife told him much of. Nor what plans were in place should Gojo lose to Sukuna. So few people even considered it before Gojo was sealed. Sukuna at near full strength possessing Fushiguro however? A frightening prospect. He can see why that battle went the way it did. It also makes sense that they are fighting him now, while he's still injured.
"You put together a solid plan to take advantage of what you could," Nanami acknowledges, "There's no knowing how it will go until it is over."
Something Maki doesn't know. Something none of them know. He takes deep breathes. "How are you doing, Maki? That's a lot to go through. To be going through."
"I've been too busy to think about anything but what comes next. Between taking out my clan and all of this, there's been no real time to process anything." She shrugs a shoulder.
"When it's over, we'll see who's left standing to deal with everything then at home." And even with her boost, she's not banking on surviving if she goes back again.
"I'll probably have to deal with it here since I'm not going to be focused on the next step."
Nanami nods. He knows how that is, how busy it can get as a jujutsu sorcerer. He processed much of his experiences when he left that world. When he returned, even when things were not like Maki describes now, he was busy and generally didn't reflect to the degree he has in Folkmore. The lack of cursed spirits, the lack of work save helping other sorcerers, Haibara being here, it's all given him more time to reflect than he ever had before.
"No doubt you can deal with it by choice or Thirteen will raise the issues for you," Nanami agrees. "It does not have to be today. You can take some time to recuperate."
He still hopes none of them have to return home. Let them have a good life here.
"I know. I'm handling this before I even let myself take a moment to breathe, honestly. I already decked Gojo and then I came to talk to you. Once we're done, I'm going to be out of touch for a few days at least." She's matter of fact, gaze focused forward.
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Re: Around June 20th
No doubt there is much painful information to learn. Maki comes from after Gojo dies. They must be facing Sukuna themselves, and what that promises is not good. "Yes," Nanami says, "Ignorance won't help me."
Re: Around June 20th
"The elders are dead, The Zen'in clan is dead except for Megumi and myself."
Re: Around June 20th
"I might be surprised the elders are dead, but Thirteen had me face a trial considering killing them myself not long after I arrived."
The Zen'in clan, however, is news. Nanami looks over at Maki. Her sister must be included in the dead. They weren't on speaking terms, so far as he knew, but that is a great deal of loss. "What other sorcerers are dead?"
Re: Around June 20th
Re: Around June 20th
"You put together a solid plan to take advantage of what you could," Nanami acknowledges, "There's no knowing how it will go until it is over."
Something Maki doesn't know. Something none of them know. He takes deep breathes. "How are you doing, Maki? That's a lot to go through. To be going through."
Re: Around June 20th
"When it's over, we'll see who's left standing to deal with everything then at home." And even with her boost, she's not banking on surviving if she goes back again.
"I'll probably have to deal with it here since I'm not going to be focused on the next step."
Re: Around June 20th
"No doubt you can deal with it by choice or Thirteen will raise the issues for you," Nanami agrees. "It does not have to be today. You can take some time to recuperate."
He still hopes none of them have to return home. Let them have a good life here.
Re: Around June 20th
"And we'll see after that."