Isn't it arrogant to think that you could somehow do something to win back trust?
[ snappish; his hands ball up into fists: tight, knuckles white. after a moment or two he finds words to speak again. ]
You're lucky. He's not injured at least, even though it looks like there might really be something wrong. But if something happened to him, some "tragedy" like losing his bodyparts or worse - if that happened, I wouldn't be able to hold a conversation like this with you.
As it stands, I honestly want to punch you in the face right now . . . but that wouldn't make up for anything. It's just pointless violence.
[ there's a moment where he takes a breath, eyes tight in his gaze to phoenix ]
You know. . . I'm not going to say that I don't understand, or that you guys are scum. Honestly, if it were me in that glass, I would have chosen to betray you guys. I'm a coward - I'd have been terrified if it were me in there. But that guy - Kuzuebiko - even though he was scared too, he chose to rise above all of that. He isn't a coward - not like me. Not like you. He wanted to protect everyone; he even said - he wasn't going to let me down. He was going to protect me. That's the kind of noble, tenderhearted, bullheaded, and stupid guy that you just betrayed is. You should know that. Carry that for the rest of your time here.
And you should also know - I'm not going to let him get beat up every time like this. I'm not going to stand idly by. I'm not going to hedge my bets with the so-called rebellious unit that betrays everyone for themselves; the revolution can wait.
I'm not taking out a hitlist on you guys or anything, but consider this your warning to get the hell away from us. Amending trust isn't even something we can begin to put on the table, so just back off before you make things worse. Take your victory and savor it for a while.
Re: ENDGAME
[ snappish; his hands ball up into fists: tight, knuckles white. after a moment or two he finds words to speak again. ]
You're lucky. He's not injured at least, even though it looks like there might really be something wrong. But if something happened to him, some "tragedy" like losing his bodyparts or worse - if that happened, I wouldn't be able to hold a conversation like this with you.
As it stands, I honestly want to punch you in the face right now . . . but that wouldn't make up for anything. It's just pointless violence.
[ there's a moment where he takes a breath, eyes tight in his gaze to phoenix ]
You know. . . I'm not going to say that I don't understand, or that you guys are scum.
Honestly, if it were me in that glass, I would have chosen to betray you guys. I'm a coward - I'd have been terrified if it were me in there. But that guy - Kuzuebiko - even though he was scared too, he chose to rise above all of that. He isn't a coward - not like me. Not like you. He wanted to protect everyone; he even said - he wasn't going to let me down. He was going to protect me. That's the kind of noble, tenderhearted, bullheaded, and stupid guy that you just betrayed is. You should know that. Carry that for the rest of your time here.
And you should also know - I'm not going to let him get beat up every time like this. I'm not going to stand idly by. I'm not going to hedge my bets with the so-called rebellious unit that betrays everyone for themselves; the revolution can wait.
I'm not taking out a hitlist on you guys or anything, but consider this your warning to get the hell away from us. Amending trust isn't even something we can begin to put on the table, so just back off before you make things worse. Take your victory and savor it for a while.