[he snaps out of it and his head snaps up, as he speaks with authoritativeness.]
I don't want to be a god.
[even as he acted like one, so far apart and so far ahead of everyone else. but he needed his humanity. even if it was dwindling, he needed to feel like he was part of something. he needed to lead them, not rule them. the more he deals with this god, the more he hates the rest. he thinks of mokuba and it grounds him; he can't just forget him.
and he can't leave him behind. it was a mistake, he realizes that now. and he has to go back.
kaiba reclaims his hands. what tech was saying made sense, but it didn't matter. seto kaiba would not be controlled, not by him or anyone else.]
Call it whatever you want. But this is, and always will be, a transaction.
[he reached him. he reached some part of him. but there was only bitterness at the bottom.
...if he could even say it anymore, he might have told him that he was sorry.]
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I don't want to be a god.
[even as he acted like one, so far apart and so far ahead of everyone else. but he needed his humanity. even if it was dwindling, he needed to feel like he was part of something. he needed to lead them, not rule them. the more he deals with this god, the more he hates the rest. he thinks of mokuba and it grounds him; he can't just forget him.
and he can't leave him behind. it was a mistake, he realizes that now. and he has to go back.
kaiba reclaims his hands. what tech was saying made sense, but it didn't matter. seto kaiba would not be controlled, not by him or anyone else.]
Call it whatever you want. But this is, and always will be, a transaction.
[he reached him. he reached some part of him. but there was only bitterness at the bottom.
...if he could even say it anymore, he might have told him that he was sorry.]