...I know. [ his sadness comes into sharper relief then, having to acknowledge it aloud. ] She lied a lot. But... when we talked, about how most of us were alive when we were brought here—she seemed genuinely upset for us. Angry.
I don't think she can stand by and watch this anymore. She's strong and she'll do whatever it takes. [ and it's sad because he understands that. he gets that a reaper is someone who's won the reapers' game—someone who's already decided to take matters into their own hands. ] And that's why, even if we're friends, I think it's fair. That we also do what it takes to protect ourselves.
But yeah. Yeah! Matsui just dips his head a little, closing his eyes, quiet for a moment.]
It makes her very human, to break in this way.
[Because she's strong and she'll do whatever it takes, but she is very much a broken being, as far as he can tell. It reminds him of the man who wielded him so very long ago - that man, who had wanted to wage a war so horrific, so utterly destructive, that no other would follow it.
People often become twisted in their hurt and despair, in their fury and their exhaustion with corrupt systems.]
...Unfortunately, though it is understandable what she's fighting for, she is one person threatening forty, and thirty-someodd worlds. That is a threat that can't be allowed to persist.
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...I know. [ his sadness comes into sharper relief then, having to acknowledge it aloud. ] She lied a lot. But... when we talked, about how most of us were alive when we were brought here—she seemed genuinely upset for us. Angry.
I don't think she can stand by and watch this anymore. She's strong and she'll do whatever it takes. [ and it's sad because he understands that. he gets that a reaper is someone who's won the reapers' game—someone who's already decided to take matters into their own hands. ] And that's why, even if we're friends, I think it's fair. That we also do what it takes to protect ourselves.
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But yeah. Yeah! Matsui just dips his head a little, closing his eyes, quiet for a moment.]
It makes her very human, to break in this way.
[Because she's strong and she'll do whatever it takes, but she is very much a broken being, as far as he can tell. It reminds him of the man who wielded him so very long ago - that man, who had wanted to wage a war so horrific, so utterly destructive, that no other would follow it.
People often become twisted in their hurt and despair, in their fury and their exhaustion with corrupt systems.]
...Unfortunately, though it is understandable what she's fighting for, she is one person threatening forty, and thirty-someodd worlds. That is a threat that can't be allowed to persist.