[he lowers the dumpsters carefully, the glow dimming back to unremarkable, the power pushed back down again as much as he could. when makima kneels, touches his shoulder, he can't help but think of master reigen doing the same a long time ago, when he was younger and scared, directionless.
he thought he changed more since then, after everything, but the trench makes him feel the way he did as a ten year old, nervously knocking at the door of what the sign claimed to be a psychic. it isn't enough, he didn't change enough, not for this. hanazawa proved it, the slips against suzuki, ritsu-
when makima says he doesn't wish to be a danger his chest feels tight. (60%) she's so confident of it and so right. he doesn't want to hurt anyone. he doesn't want to ever hurt anyone again. he nods, stiffly, intently, more feeling in the movement than his flat words could ever manage.
then she says she can help him. she calls him mob, she seems so confident still, so calm. (70%) it's so easy to think of reigen still.
(so easy not to notice she never said anything about not hurting bad people.)
his tone is still low and flat but there's a faint tremble to it when he says,] I don't want to be dangerous. I- you can really help me?
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he thought he changed more since then, after everything, but the trench makes him feel the way he did as a ten year old, nervously knocking at the door of what the sign claimed to be a psychic. it isn't enough, he didn't change enough, not for this. hanazawa proved it, the slips against suzuki, ritsu-
when makima says he doesn't wish to be a danger his chest feels tight. (60%) she's so confident of it and so right. he doesn't want to hurt anyone. he doesn't want to ever hurt anyone again. he nods, stiffly, intently, more feeling in the movement than his flat words could ever manage.
then she says she can help him. she calls him mob, she seems so confident still, so calm. (70%) it's so easy to think of reigen still.
(so easy not to notice she never said anything about not hurting bad people.)
his tone is still low and flat but there's a faint tremble to it when he says,] I don't want to be dangerous. I- you can really help me?