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This time I helped a guy find his daughter... except it wasn't really his daughter but he still wanted her to call him "daddy."

[ He shrugs. SOME PEOPLE AND THEIR KINKS. ]

The other one was about Tachibana.

Kazuma Kiryu: Daddy-kink savior. Nice.

[ but oh. tachibana. ]

Got any better answers about him and Makoto?

Apparently, yeah.

[ Such is his life....... ]

He had me over to his apartment and offered me dinner. He was a civilian and... he took my clothes? For some reason.

[ It's sounding like a date tbqh. ]

He wanted me to join his real estate company and help him get something called the Empty Lot.

[ What's that??? Who would care about some empty lot? ]

More than that, he knew a lot about me. About my past, the orphanage I was from... I don't remember much from back then but I guess that confirms it. I guess I was being framed for something, and Kazama-san was at risk of being expunged from the Dojima family. It was tied to that lot somehow.

[ well that's...a lot. but he doesn't know about this empty lot thing - at least not as far as he remembers. ]

Why would a lot get someone kicked out?

He said the Dojima Lieutenants were vying for it. I don't know why or what that had to do with the fallout on Kazama-san but it sounded like it was something I did. Kazama-san was in trouble and it was my fault somehow...

[ He frowns, clearly frustrated. He remembers looking up to Kazama. The man was all but his dad... ]

...I can't remember why.

If you got framed, sounds like it wasn't really your fault.

[ ironic ]

[ He sighs. ]

Maybe.

[ Irony of ironies... ]

Oh. There was one more thing. About Tachibana-san... It's. Something I should probably tell him.

Other than him bein' dead?

He was missing his right hand.

[ Which... sucks. ]

I don't know when it happened, but he told me it still hurt. Even if he wasn't a yakuza, it seems unlikely that it was an accident.

Like phantom pain? That's pretty shitty. Should we start takin' bets on when he's gettin' that back?

Yeah.

[ Kiryu levels Majima a stare. Majima pls??? ]

No. It's just... I should warn him, right?

[ majima yes??? ]

Might as well. It's better ta know than wake up surprised, yeah?

Yeah. I'll try to tell him in person, then...

[ No!! Bets!! ]

Sorry it wasn't anything related to Makoto. I think this was probably the first time I'd met Tachibana, so he wouldn't tell me why he knew all this stuff or what his endgame was.

[ majima laughs a little hollowly ]

Ain't like Makoto-chan's my entire story. This empty lot shit sounds important to you, though. It's probably good ya remembered it.

Yeah.

[ Kiryu sets a hand on Majima's shoulder. ]

There was something else. You were there.

[ Kiryu cringes at this particular memory. ]

Do you remember a man named Mine?

Oh that's the fucker who brought us a head in a box. Like some fuckin' Godfather shit, right?

Yeah!

[ Kiryu nods emphatically. Ah, so Majima remembered the same thing. What a relief that he doesn't have to explain it... ]

I remembered that too. Holy shit.

I was kinda waitin' for something terrible like that. Most of this shit seemed comparatively kinda tame.

[ says the guy who was tortured ok ]

[ Majima......... you are missing an eye, buddy. ]

There's probably a lot like that that we just have't remembered. [ Kiryu looks down. He's still not used to all of it. ] Still, this seemed pretty extreme.