Yeah, I was so forkin' angry my circuits were fried, but that don't mean I was...
[ it just feels so incredibly insulting, calling him scared. it makes him want to rip his hair out. but also, some part of him knows it's true, even in a small sense. that thought slips through the anger, carves into it like a sharpened knife through a sheet of paper.
boothill lowers his head. yes, he was scared—of losing himself completely again. of doing something so against his code. of killing a friend with his bare hands. essek died a disgraceful death. ]
No... Fork me. Fork it all. [ he lowers his voice. his shoulders slack. ] Yeah. You know what? I was.
[ If there's anything that Rin knows, it's being scared. He's just a normal kid after all, thrown into a murdergame... He's terrified and useless most of the time, but at least it means that he can approach fear without any judgment. ]
... It doesn't change anything, but I'm sorry that you were. You shouldn't have to be alone when you're afraid.
I don't think anyone will give you grief over it so... don't grief yourself too much either.
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The fork are you sayin', scared?
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Yeah. You said you felt like you might combust, so... Were you scared about what was happening to you?
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[ it just feels so incredibly insulting, calling him scared. it makes him want to rip his hair out. but also, some part of him knows it's true, even in a small sense. that thought slips through the anger, carves into it like a sharpened knife through a sheet of paper.
boothill lowers his head. yes, he was scared—of losing himself completely again. of doing something so against his code. of killing a friend with his bare hands. essek died a disgraceful death. ]
No... Fork me. Fork it all. [ he lowers his voice. his shoulders slack. ] Yeah. You know what? I was.
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... It doesn't change anything, but I'm sorry that you were. You shouldn't have to be alone when you're afraid.
I don't think anyone will give you grief over it so... don't grief yourself too much either.