[One of his hands moves from his own cup to rest on top of one of the other's. His hand feels very solid, but its weight is gentle. The cold anger in his eye is anything but that, though.]
It isn't your fault, Xie Lian. Whatever you did there...wasn't because you wanted to.
I should have been able to overcome it. [ your heart will be your only defense, the machine had said. before he slipped into his nightmares, before he'd awoken like that.
he shakes his head, and that anger doesn't disappear, though it fades slightly when hansa reaches out to touch his hand; xie lian looks up at him. ] They shouldn't have even had to be put through that in the first place.
[ his anger is directed the most at whatever made that happen; whatever had them simply walking into such a dangerous place. whatever pitted them against each other. ]
... I was able to regain my consciousness in the middle of the fight, for a brief moment. I told Ruoye to help Miss Ochako, and I asked Archer to kill me.
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[One of his hands moves from his own cup to rest on top of one of the other's. His hand feels very solid, but its weight is gentle. The cold anger in his eye is anything but that, though.]
It isn't your fault, Xie Lian. Whatever you did there...wasn't because you wanted to.
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he shakes his head, and that anger doesn't disappear, though it fades slightly when hansa reaches out to touch his hand; xie lian looks up at him. ] They shouldn't have even had to be put through that in the first place.
[ his anger is directed the most at whatever made that happen; whatever had them simply walking into such a dangerous place. whatever pitted them against each other. ]
... I was able to regain my consciousness in the middle of the fight, for a brief moment. I told Ruoye to help Miss Ochako, and I asked Archer to kill me.
[ ... ] I knew I wouldn't stop, otherwise.