ray looks a bit pained for a moment, because none of this is easy to say, but senri's words are running through his mind, and—damn.]
... You told Luke that he tried harder than most, and that goes for you too. [a pause.] And I'm not just ignorantly saying that, either. I won't say something like, "oh, you tried, it's not your fault", because no one ever really believes that themselves.
But... I—back home, I was in a similar situation to this. Constantly knew when someone was going to be killed, said nothing, and did nothing to save them because I told myself I couldn't. In the end, though, that was more of an excuse for being a shitty person.
[...]
Even here, my first thought has always been how to use my ability to defend myself first and foremost. So... although yeah, you have nothing to show for it, so your execution still needs to work, you're thinking about more than most of us. That's pretty awesome. I can see why Senri respects you even when he considers you a giant pain.
[this is literally the only time ray will ever be nice to takaomi's face (and he couldn't even be 100% nice).]
[ he is not entirely sure how to react at first. the news about ray's home life is... it's both surprising and it's not, because something had obviously had to have happened in his world for him to be like. well, this. if anything, he's more surprised that he even said anything about it at all.
takaomi glances away. ]
... well, you seem to be trying to protect others too. [ or, at least, senri ] So you're not doing that bad.
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[ he pauses ]
Is there anything else?
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ray looks a bit pained for a moment, because none of this is easy to say, but senri's words are running through his mind, and—damn.]
... You told Luke that he tried harder than most, and that goes for you too. [a pause.] And I'm not just ignorantly saying that, either. I won't say something like, "oh, you tried, it's not your fault", because no one ever really believes that themselves.
But... I—back home, I was in a similar situation to this. Constantly knew when someone was going to be killed, said nothing, and did nothing to save them because I told myself I couldn't. In the end, though, that was more of an excuse for being a shitty person.
[...]
Even here, my first thought has always been how to use my ability to defend myself first and foremost. So... although yeah, you have nothing to show for it, so your execution still needs to work, you're thinking about more than most of us. That's pretty awesome. I can see why Senri respects you even when he considers you a giant pain.
[this is literally the only time ray will ever be nice to takaomi's face (and he couldn't even be 100% nice).]
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takaomi glances away. ]
... well, you seem to be trying to protect others too. [ or, at least, senri ] So you're not doing that bad.
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Well, I'm not a sociopath, I guess. That's reserved for Luna or whoever the last Ruin follower was.
[because those equivalent exchange wounds sure were. hm.]
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[ this is why they never talk about murder on fridays. ]
... I'm not any good at this kind of thing. [ this is why he has no friends. ] But thanks.
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We're never going to talk about this again, right?
[ please. he's embarrassed. ]
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