You want to... help? ( at her concluding question, he startles. more inwardly than outwardly. it's that sort definitive, and equally reckless, but entirely honest way in which its delivered that manages to go beyond any of his expectations. not that he tended to carry too many of those, but the concept stood.
however, while he does manage to look upon the gesture favorably, it also succeeds to grate on a more sensitive portion of his nerves. he knows that type too well. and somehow, from the light reminder, it makes him worry that perhaps she could potentially see through to him as he once had. potentially fall to the same fate, even. he mentally swore to himself that he’d seal up that portion of his thoughts. discard it as he’s done to so many of his previous identities, but the memory remains vivid. despite their connection forged through a mutual death and facing the same trial, he can’t open himself up to the possibility of implicating her into his life as an exorcist.
even fighting along beside her was an idea he wasn’t even close to considering. and so he casually dodges the subject. sidestepping from it. or he had the intentions to. but, instead, even if he knows it wouldn't please her, he reveals a simple truth. ) If you avoid him, that’ll be enough. I can't really ask for more.
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however, while he does manage to look upon the gesture favorably, it also succeeds to grate on a more sensitive portion of his nerves. he knows that type too well. and somehow, from the light reminder, it makes him worry that perhaps she could potentially see through to him as he once had. potentially fall to the same fate, even. he mentally swore to himself that he’d seal up that portion of his thoughts. discard it as he’s done to so many of his previous identities, but the memory remains vivid. despite their connection forged through a mutual death and facing the same trial, he can’t open himself up to the possibility of implicating her into his life as an exorcist.
even fighting along beside her was an idea he wasn’t even close to considering. and so he casually dodges the subject. sidestepping from it. or he had the intentions to. but, instead, even if he knows it wouldn't please her, he reveals a simple truth. ) If you avoid him, that’ll be enough. I can't really ask for more.