[ ICE COLD...... but wow, hijikata, not right now!! what if the ghost of the dead robot is watching? but after a stare at his shoulder, the layers of clothes are pulled back up where they originally were, and ah... it wasn't going to be that, after all. ]
It just pushed me, that's all. But then, it stepped on me — right here. [ he puts his hand over his chest, where his heart is. ] It hurts to breathe, but I won't die.
[ he inhales again and winces, but tsukumogami don't exactly need to breathe in the way that people do, so he'll be fine. and when hijikata continues, he listens quietly, giving him his full attention, in the rare way that he does when he's being told something important by someone important. but there's a pause after he's finished, and he lifts his head, with a quiet smile. ]
You know... if that's what you think "awful" is, then you're a naive person. [ humans are capable of far crueler things — he knows this particularly well. ] If I told you that the people who know loneliness best are other lonely people, would you understand?
[ because it's lonely, not being allowed to love people — because it would spell out their deaths. so when someone comes along, telling him that it's okay and perfectly acceptable for him to be around them, it makes him happy enough to cry.
but then, of course, he spoils the mood. ] That, and you always sounded like you wanted to personally escort me to my death, so because of that, at first... I never wanted to leave you alone.
but we can take the eternal nap together :(
It just pushed me, that's all. But then, it stepped on me — right here. [ he puts his hand over his chest, where his heart is. ] It hurts to breathe, but I won't die.
[ he inhales again and winces, but tsukumogami don't exactly need to breathe in the way that people do, so he'll be fine. and when hijikata continues, he listens quietly, giving him his full attention, in the rare way that he does when he's being told something important by someone important. but there's a pause after he's finished, and he lifts his head, with a quiet smile. ]
You know... if that's what you think "awful" is, then you're a naive person. [ humans are capable of far crueler things — he knows this particularly well. ] If I told you that the people who know loneliness best are other lonely people, would you understand?
[ because it's lonely, not being allowed to love people — because it would spell out their deaths. so when someone comes along, telling him that it's okay and perfectly acceptable for him to be around them, it makes him happy enough to cry.
but then, of course, he spoils the mood. ] That, and you always sounded like you wanted to personally escort me to my death, so because of that, at first... I never wanted to leave you alone.