It seems no matter where he goes, the past will follow him. How easily he could buy loyalty, by merely showing kindness and bare decency to those who had been given none.
In the past - in the past, he surely would have been able to discard any feelings towards this kind of manipulation. Of course he would have been able to, wouldn't he?
But perhaps because he is the 'good' side of an evil man...he can't stop but feel as if something inside him wrenched at the thought of it.]
That....I -
[He opens his mouth, but nothing comes out. What can he even say to that?
...No, there is one thing. A hard truth for a hard truth.]
...Aoi, I...have no intention of 'winning' this game. I killed in full expectation of my execution.
[He's calm - it's as if he were talking about the weather.]
I don't believe someone who cared about another would willingly put the person they cared for through such a thing.
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It seems no matter where he goes, the past will follow him. How easily he could buy loyalty, by merely showing kindness and bare decency to those who had been given none.
In the past - in the past, he surely would have been able to discard any feelings towards this kind of manipulation. Of course he would have been able to, wouldn't he?
But perhaps because he is the 'good' side of an evil man...he can't stop but feel as if something inside him wrenched at the thought of it.]
That....I -
[He opens his mouth, but nothing comes out. What can he even say to that?
...No, there is one thing. A hard truth for a hard truth.]
...Aoi, I...have no intention of 'winning' this game. I killed in full expectation of my execution.
[He's calm - it's as if he were talking about the weather.]
I don't believe someone who cared about another would willingly put the person they cared for through such a thing.
['I am not a good person. I am Evil.']