[The smile that his answer brought on fades quickly, her expression growing serious.]
I want you to be completely honest with me, about everything, even the things that are painful and hard to talk about. Can you do that? If you cana...
[Kyoko takes a breath, closes her eyes, and exhales. Her words are slow, each one chosen with care. They come in quiet, secretive tones despite the empty space--nobody else should ever hear them. It's ridiculous. If she were an outsider, she would laugh at herself for addressing somebody like him so seriously.
That's fine. It's better, even, if she can leave herself the only one of them that has to feel the crushing weight and pressure of every reality they step into. It's better, because he can still have hope and be a hero of justice, not a sullied mockery like her.]
Whatever problems you wind up having, I'll find a way to fix them. Including this one.
[It's wrong. This world shouldn't be like this, but there's no one who will--or perhaps simply no one who can--step up to repair the damage. That's the way it's always been. Kyoko doesn't want to be the one to fix it, but the thought of leaving him to this already tainted world makes her stomach churn.]
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I'm gonna hold you to that, y'know.
[The smile that his answer brought on fades quickly, her expression growing serious.]
I want you to be completely honest with me, about everything, even the things that are painful and hard to talk about. Can you do that? If you cana...
[Kyoko takes a breath, closes her eyes, and exhales. Her words are slow, each one chosen with care. They come in quiet, secretive tones despite the empty space--nobody else should ever hear them. It's ridiculous. If she were an outsider, she would laugh at herself for addressing somebody like him so seriously.
That's fine. It's better, even, if she can leave herself the only one of them that has to feel the crushing weight and pressure of every reality they step into. It's better, because he can still have hope and be a hero of justice, not a sullied mockery like her.]
Whatever problems you wind up having, I'll find a way to fix them. Including this one.
[It's wrong. This world shouldn't be like this, but there's no one who will--or perhaps simply no one who can--step up to repair the damage. That's the way it's always been. Kyoko doesn't want to be the one to fix it, but the thought of leaving him to this already tainted world makes her stomach churn.]