But there had been other things that he'd been sure would stay there. As far as he'd known, his father would always be there, complete with stupid training ideas, overindulging habits, and pompous attitudes. The open road had been his home, school, and playground, all wrapped up in a long travel. Girls would never exactly be comprehensible to him, though he did want to have kids... someday. And he knew that fights proved that one was alive, and that one had some power over the world.
At that moment... he knew that things were not, and had never been, as clean cut as he'd thought.
He stumbled to his feet, weaving there for a moment as he collected himself. Once he was sure that he wasn't about to fall down the next time he bent over, he picked up the staff and the lamp. Holding them firmly in his grasp, he wandered away from where he'd woken up, hoping that he'd find someplace where he could stop and think.
Right then, he needed it. After all, he'd fought harder than he ever had before. It was not an easy time for him, and he knew that he could have easily lost himself to the storm. But that was not all, as he'd learned so much after what he'd endured.
For the first time in his life, he'd seen that he could be something different than he'd thought. There had been everything from primal versions of himself, to dedicated warriors, to charming rogues, and he could see how he could have turned into them. So many opportunities had been revealed to him, and he could see so many ways that it could have gone. The way that he had lived didn't seem quite as alluring as it once had.
Though one thing seemed unchanged.
A truck came past him and hit an old puddle, splashing him from head to toe. Once the vehicle was gone, it took a moment to realise just what had happened. Looking down confirmed that 'he' had turned into a 'she' once more, though this time she was clad in a fuku.
"Why am I not surprised that this happened?" she sighed to herself, seeing how she was now:
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