this is a lot?? belph listens, his expression occasionally morphing into surprise, into something akin to—sadness, maybe? hikage might find it a relief that he never looks horrified, at least, as horrific as his tale is.
once hikage is done—or as done as he'll ever be—belph takes a few moments. it's not the sort of story one can immediately respond to.]
... Well, yeah. You became a pretty awful person.
[he won't deny that.]
Though hundreds of years of torture will do a lot to most people. I don't think I would've turned out that differently...
[it's not an empty statement, born from false sympathy. belph hasn't done anything of hikage's magnitude, but he knows who he is; what his future will be like. and, he knows the flickers of what he's felt here. how easy it would be, to let it all go.
how he'd rather disappear than return home and watch the person he'll become.]
... So? What about here? Do you want the same thing in this world too?
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this is a lot?? belph listens, his expression occasionally morphing into surprise, into something akin to—sadness, maybe? hikage might find it a relief that he never looks horrified, at least, as horrific as his tale is.
once hikage is done—or as done as he'll ever be—belph takes a few moments. it's not the sort of story one can immediately respond to.]
... Well, yeah. You became a pretty awful person.
[he won't deny that.]
Though hundreds of years of torture will do a lot to most people. I don't think I would've turned out that differently...
[it's not an empty statement, born from false sympathy. belph hasn't done anything of hikage's magnitude, but he knows who he is; what his future will be like. and, he knows the flickers of what he's felt here. how easy it would be, to let it all go.
how he'd rather disappear than return home and watch the person he'll become.]
... So? What about here? Do you want the same thing in this world too?