He was silent, for several seconds, listening as she spoke... and nodded. "If you're serious about that... then it's a deal."
Something in the back of his mind burned, and the sense he'd gotten a few times before, here, flared to life-
Like something he'd been missing. Something that had been lost. The ghost of a voice he could barely remember whispering-
I am thou, thou art I... Justice.
It hurt, because while he knew he'd been played, left to be a pawn in a game he never could've understood, there'd still been a choice, somewhere along the line, to chase Shido's shadow instead of his own way. That starting on that path had been a mistake to begin with, and everything else, whether he'd had a choice in it or not- had followed from that. It hurt... but that didn't have to be a bad thing.
"While we're on this... train wreck of a conversation, anything you'd like to get out of your system? I'm offering a one-time promise of no payback if you'd like to take a swing, say something to twist the knife, or whatever. Nobody would argue I hadn't earned it."
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Something in the back of his mind burned, and the sense he'd gotten a few times before, here, flared to life-
Like something he'd been missing. Something that had been lost. The ghost of a voice he could barely remember whispering-
I am thou, thou art I...
Justice.
It hurt, because while he knew he'd been played, left to be a pawn in a game he never could've understood, there'd still been a choice, somewhere along the line, to chase Shido's shadow instead of his own way. That starting on that path had been a mistake to begin with, and everything else, whether he'd had a choice in it or not- had followed from that. It hurt... but that didn't have to be a bad thing.
"While we're on this... train wreck of a conversation, anything you'd like to get out of your system? I'm offering a one-time promise of no payback if you'd like to take a swing, say something to twist the knife, or whatever. Nobody would argue I hadn't earned it."