[it's not a comeback so much as an explanation: this is what made me who I am.
the details don't matter, though, and he's unwilling to give them up anyway. unlike how willing he was to watch gozaburo jump, to hear him say that to lose was to die and to learn the important lesson that he could never escape his own demons no matter how hard he tried. to smile as he killed himself and to never be the same since.
he doesn't smile now. he looks down at their hands. he wishes things could be different, but a man in his station shouldn't pray so the sentiment dies.]
I don't need to be set free.
[because it already happened, long ago. his eyes flicker up again, questioning.]
And you haven't even known me for a month. You're just...
[...projecting. but he either won't say it or can't.]
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the details don't matter, though, and he's unwilling to give them up anyway. unlike how willing he was to watch gozaburo jump, to hear him say that to lose was to die and to learn the important lesson that he could never escape his own demons no matter how hard he tried. to smile as he killed himself and to never be the same since.
he doesn't smile now. he looks down at their hands. he wishes things could be different, but a man in his station shouldn't pray so the sentiment dies.]
I don't need to be set free.
[because it already happened, long ago. his eyes flicker up again, questioning.]
And you haven't even known me for a month. You're just...
[...projecting. but he either won't say it or can't.]