[ It must have been before... Kiryu can't remember when they first met, but Majima feels so reliably Yakuza in his memories that Kiryu can't picture knowing him when he was anything but. ]
At least it paid off, right? You got in, had your giant family.
[ And then got killed but you know... that's how their stories end?? ]
[ he says his name slowly, like he's still getting used to it. his first time saying his name out loud but it feels like he's said it so many times before. ]
I knew he'd come back, an' I'd give it all to him.
[ the way majima says it, it sounds like anything saejima could've said to him would have made sense. there's an absolute reverence to it. he's having a hard time hiding his feelings for this guy, if that was his intent. ]
It's kinda weird ta explain. But he said we were like tripe. An' tripe, ya gotta cook it 'til it's nice an' burnt, otherwise it's jus' trash.
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