it's fine, he doesn't seem like he's going to try to beat the shit out of it again. but this was pretty much the same reaction when he found out from alex, too. the desperate, clawing notion to get away because the way he feels about it is too overwhelming to deal with at the moment. but it's...not happening. he doesn't pull away from the handholding, but he's still less than satisfied with the answer.
why the fuck are these people so pragmatic about what is, essentially, sacrificing themselves over and over again in a void to save other people? he has half a mind to say "fuck the key" except he knows the key is what saved setsu's life, so. it's like even more complicated. he doesn't like the idea that there may be conditions but that they have to try to find them, that they can go through millions of loops never finding them, and he dislikes the idea that they've resigned themselves to this even less. setsu says they wish it were different, but he knows they're similar to alex.
they do these things because they believe it's what's right to keep people safe and do what has to be done.
and he kind of hates it more and more every day. ]
It's always about "ifs." And "ifs" are the kind of things that aren't always possibilities.
[ which, maybe he would elaborate on what that means, but it's reverse memory time up to 3:15:57 even if he doesn't entirely remember alex calling him. ]
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it's fine, he doesn't seem like he's going to try to beat the shit out of it again. but this was pretty much the same reaction when he found out from alex, too. the desperate, clawing notion to get away because the way he feels about it is too overwhelming to deal with at the moment. but it's...not happening. he doesn't pull away from the handholding, but he's still less than satisfied with the answer.
why the fuck are these people so pragmatic about what is, essentially, sacrificing themselves over and over again in a void to save other people? he has half a mind to say "fuck the key" except he knows the key is what saved setsu's life, so. it's like even more complicated. he doesn't like the idea that there may be conditions but that they have to try to find them, that they can go through millions of loops never finding them, and he dislikes the idea that they've resigned themselves to this even less. setsu says they wish it were different, but he knows they're similar to alex.
they do these things because they believe it's what's right to keep people safe and do what has to be done.
and he kind of hates it more and more every day. ]
It's always about "ifs." And "ifs" are the kind of things that aren't always possibilities.
[ which, maybe he would elaborate on what that means, but it's reverse memory time up to 3:15:57 even if he doesn't entirely remember alex calling him. ]