But he's crazy. He killed someone who didn't really deserve it just because he could, but that's how it is. The world tells you that you're bad, so you are, until you start to enjoy it. And everybody gets to feel good about it in the end.
I got tired. I kinda am, still. [...] But then I showed up here and everybody kind of just, like, didn't care about the things that made me tired. So. Maybe I have reasons again.
[i'm gonna squish his cheeks that's the response i had to reading this tag]
You're not going to explain it to me and that's fine, I don't expect you to. I don't even really think you'll believe me because you're the stubbornest little dude I've ever met in my life, but I don't believe for a second that you're bound in a way that I can't help you with.
[a pause.]
I'm alive. For right now, that's what I want, too.
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He knows better than to pet a feral animal, so he just drops an apple onto her lap ]
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apple. she kind of just stares at it for a long moment, and then holds it. and then leans her head against his.
after a minute:]
I liked Chiemi.
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...
he sighs, leaning against Nimona a bit more heavily ]
Me too. Just like her hero name... "nee-san"... She felt like a big sister.
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Yeah. I didn't know her that well, but she was part of the jailbreakers. She was good. [...] Does knowing what happened make you feel better?
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...no. [ he'll admit after a beat ]
Because we don't know what happened. Not really. Not with Chiemi, or with Norma.
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I guess that's true. [she'll stay where she is, staring over the lake.] Argalia sucks.
[her heart's maybe not in that fully, but.]
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What kind of person is he?
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[she says, with a little sigh.]
But he's crazy. He killed someone who didn't really deserve it just because he could, but that's how it is. The world tells you that you're bad, so you are, until you start to enjoy it. And everybody gets to feel good about it in the end.
You just let the villagers burn you.
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As it is... ]
...Mika had said that too, that the world called her a "witch." But nobody feels good about this...!
[ If Argalia wanted to play villain and be a stepping stone sacrifice, he should have just let Hanako punch him, he didn't have to do all of that ]
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You'd be surprised at how many people do feel good about it. He's a monster. You put those down.
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He's the worst form of it. He's what you end up as when you lose the reason.
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looks away
... ]
Have you seen it before?
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[ he looks up, surprised, because the Nimona he knows has such strong feelings, and that's one of the most powerful Reasons there is ]
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I got tired. I kinda am, still. [...] But then I showed up here and everybody kind of just, like, didn't care about the things that made me tired. So. Maybe I have reasons again.
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[ nobody knows your secrets. nobody knows your sins... ]
Even somebody like me can become a hero.
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[she glances at him, finally.]
You don't have to be a hero. It's got a lot of stuff attached to it that you probably don't want. But you can be free to be whoever you want.
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yeah, there's no way he can be a hero, even if he tried. he has tried. ]
...thanks, but I'll always be bound, one way or another. But Nimona, you're alive! I really want to keep it that way.
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You're not going to explain it to me and that's fine, I don't expect you to. I don't even really think you'll believe me because you're the stubbornest little dude I've ever met in my life, but I don't believe for a second that you're bound in a way that I can't help you with.
[a pause.]
I'm alive. For right now, that's what I want, too.
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And you're the stubbornest little Nimona I've ever met. If you really want to help me, then do your best to stay alive, at all costs.
[ stay safe, stay alive, don't leave him alone, that's how you can help him ]
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... Yeah. Okay. I can do that. [she's a little less feral, after all this.] I'll stick with you.
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