[ whoa. that's - that's a lot, it's just. it's a lot to take in all at once.
iwatooshi's protectiveness, first, strikes him. then, the entire story. it makes his heart jolt - each strike, from benkei to yoshitsune makes him ache, sympathetic and awful, because it just hurts, to watch, to understand. how badly that must have hurt him. to know what that kind of strength is, and how it's nothing but - how it's brutal.
he's silent for a long, long moment when it finishes, letting mikazuki's words echo in his head.
kindness takes many forms... ]
... I don't...
[ .... ]
I... don't know if that's true. To have that strength is one thing, and to have the chance to get it yourself is, too, but... [ he can see where iwatooshi is coming from, just as much as mikazuki said in the memory. he says, after a long moment, reaching up to rub his eyes, just a little wet, and shakes his head. ] ... you care very much for your junior, Sir Iwatooshi.
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iwatooshi's protectiveness, first, strikes him. then, the entire story. it makes his heart jolt - each strike, from benkei to yoshitsune makes him ache, sympathetic and awful, because it just hurts, to watch, to understand. how badly that must have hurt him. to know what that kind of strength is, and how it's nothing but - how it's brutal.
he's silent for a long, long moment when it finishes, letting mikazuki's words echo in his head.
kindness takes many forms... ]
... I don't...
[ .... ]
I... don't know if that's true. To have that strength is one thing, and to have the chance to get it yourself is, too, but... [ he can see where iwatooshi is coming from, just as much as mikazuki said in the memory. he says, after a long moment, reaching up to rub his eyes, just a little wet, and shakes his head. ] ... you care very much for your junior, Sir Iwatooshi.
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[ he's more than just iwatooshi's junior. he's even been in the citadel longer, but it feels natural to look after him. ]
I would do almost anything for Imanotsurugi.