[Kindred spirits... Unfortunate. Matsui is unfortunately always here to deliver the news no one wants to hear.]
Yes.
[It was easier to bear his sins when he didn't have the same human comprehension of them that he does NOW!! But the trauma of his past was carved into his blade even before he understood what it was like to be human, so really, he loses either way.]
I would return to it, if I could. But there's no point in pining over unattainable things.
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...That sounds like something a murderer would say.
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Does it? Hm... Unfortunate. I'll have to work on that.
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Are you not used to talking to people? [ just curious since he's a spirit creature sword thing ]
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No... This is the first time I've spoken to humans directly in full conversation, to be honest.
[HIS CRASH COURSE IS GOING SO.... It's going so.]
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I can't help you learn. I don't like talking.
[ alien to alien communication ]
I wouldn't know how to comfort everyone right now.
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Truly alien to alien communication, though. He just nods at that, because same mood!]
That's fine. I don't think many people, even those who have been human from the start, know how to navigate situations like this.
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Is it easier to not be human?
[ he just wants to be one with the earth (in lieu of the ocean being available) right now instead. ]
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...Yes. I found it to be, at least. Human hearts are burdensome.
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—but it's not as easy to disassociate on the ground. he strongly regrets not going to the pool. ]
Mm. I don't think it'd be so bad to be made of steel.
[ or anything. just to be a breeze, or a painting, or a brief, breaking wave. ] Do you miss it?
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Yes.
[It was easier to bear his sins when he didn't have the same human comprehension of them that he does NOW!! But the trauma of his past was carved into his blade even before he understood what it was like to be human, so really, he loses either way.]
I would return to it, if I could. But there's no point in pining over unattainable things.