[ She sighs and reaches over to try to ruffle his hair. And immediately hold out another hand to block what she thinks is his auto instinct to punch her. ]
I think those two find it easier to kill than you.
[That's fair tbh but this time he doesn't try! he just jerks away, lifting an arm to block her.]
I know. [He doesn't doubt that! A lot of things are easier when perma-death isn't much of a thing for you, apparently.] But that doesn't mean they should have to.
Super cute! But you wanna hear what's not cool? [ She's not waiting for him to say no. ] You thinkin' that you deserve to do things the people you care about shouldn't more than they do.
[ She also doesn't care. Just as plainly as he was however long ago: ]
I don't have to understand to know I hate your thinking, whatever it is. [ And honestly, she probably would understand more than he thinks. ] Because it's just as insulting to say that people don't deserve to get the people they love most back with their own hands.
[Objectively, he knows that's true. But it's been his life for so long that what she's suggesting seems not only ludicrous, but unwelcome.
No. He has Elliot--or he did, anyway, to say nothing of what might happen tomorrow. One person is more than enough for him, and even that, he thinks, is a selfish choice he's made.]
I like it this way. [...] I don't much like this world, Miss Nagiko. The less I have to see of it, the better.
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I smashed the light in the store.
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[ Well. ]
Gold star!
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[It was simultaneously a frustration outlet and also kind of the best he could do, since he doesn't know shit about how most of the stuff here works.]
I'd expected it to ask me to kill someone.
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[ She huffs. ]
If it did, were you going to?
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Most likely. If it meant preventing Riku or Kairi from getting the same task.
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I think those two find it easier to kill than you.
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I know. [He doesn't doubt that! A lot of things are easier when perma-death isn't much of a thing for you, apparently.] But that doesn't mean they should have to.
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You have a really cute side, yanno.
[ She laughs, but it's more soft than boisterous. ]
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I really wouldn't call it that. It's the least I could do for them.
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[ She puts her hands on her hips. ]
That kind of thinking sucks!
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Do you enjoy getting punched? Is that it?
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I don't have to understand to know I hate your thinking, whatever it is. [ And honestly, she probably would understand more than he thinks. ] Because it's just as insulting to say that people don't deserve to get the people they love most back with their own hands.
No matter how much they've been through.
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And if it hadn't worked? Do you think they deserved to suffer like that, too?
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[ She can take whatever vitriol he has. ]
What I think they deserved was for you to talk with 'em and work together, but you have your own ideas, dontcha?
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[He might just leave this conversation though, that's a strong possibility.]
But I don't regret what I did, regardless of how you feel about my reasoning.
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It's really lonely, actin' the way you do.
[ She does think if he keeps this up, all he'll have is regrets, though. ]
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No. He has Elliot--or he did, anyway, to say nothing of what might happen tomorrow. One person is more than enough for him, and even that, he thinks, is a selfish choice he's made.]
I like it this way. [...] I don't much like this world, Miss Nagiko. The less I have to see of it, the better.