[ He's silent a moment, contemplating Hikaru's words and the truth behind them. ]
That's true. [ He offers a small smile. ] But someone as generous as yourself-- [ he says that with deliberate weight, because Hikaru Shinta didn't have to show up on that plane, didn't have to do a lot of the things that he did for Josh's fledgeling of a blade, nor the other countless people Lorenzo Reyes showed them that day he'd called Kaz to the Arcanum to share his findings.
He just did. And every single, last one of those people, Josh can imagine -- were grateful. Whether they owned up to it or not.
A man didn't have fiercely loyal followers like the Zangyaku if there wasn't something worth believing in where it concerned him. ]
You were different. [ He says quietly, thumb tracing the edge of his drink. ] And I get that you're the almighty Death, sir. So I guess I came here because I want to understand.
[ A breath. ] Because you broke pattern.
[ He shrugs at that.
Josh sees things, patterns he can't quite find context for, but that his gut asserts fit a certain way. And when that pattern is broken, he's pretty convinced that there always is a reason behind the divergence from the tried and more or less tested. ]
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That's true. [ He offers a small smile. ] But someone as generous as yourself-- [ he says that with deliberate weight, because Hikaru Shinta didn't have to show up on that plane, didn't have to do a lot of the things that he did for Josh's fledgeling of a blade, nor the other countless people Lorenzo Reyes showed them that day he'd called Kaz to the Arcanum to share his findings.
He just did. And every single, last one of those people, Josh can imagine -- were grateful. Whether they owned up to it or not.
A man didn't have fiercely loyal followers like the Zangyaku if there wasn't something worth believing in where it concerned him. ]
You were different. [ He says quietly, thumb tracing the edge of his drink. ] And I get that you're the almighty Death, sir. So I guess I came here because I want to understand.
[ A breath. ] Because you broke pattern.
[ He shrugs at that.
Josh sees things, patterns he can't quite find context for, but that his gut asserts fit a certain way. And when that pattern is broken, he's pretty convinced that there always is a reason behind the divergence from the tried and more or less tested. ]