[ revenge is a tangled bush of thorns. once you are trapped, there is no getting out. qifrey thought he could. he really thought for a moment he could make it.
No one. This ride concocts nonsense. It's another manipulation in this reality.
[Annoyance present in his tone - he doesn't bother masking it. It's irritating and he presses into the back of the boat, as if he can crush whatever the fuck is happening with his spine.]
Unless you want me to ask what you're trying to take back.
Everything in reality can be a manipulation if we look at it like that. Reality in itself is subject to perception.
[ but qifrey does pause at akechi's question. the sound of water can be heard distantly, lapping against the boat. finally, qifrey plucks his glasses from the bridge of his nose and looks up at akechi. ]
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cold. dark. his head aches. the lidless one watches. he has to take it back. he has to TAKE IT BACK —
qifrey files it away for now. he wonders how much akechi has noticed. ]
Such stories seem commonplace, regardless of the world. Everyone seeks out a higher power.
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And he does. He hates Qifrey. An invasion of privacy means nothing to him. Is deserved, even.
It's cold, dark and needs taken back and-
For a second, Akechi doesn't know whose head aches.
Then it's silent, for a moment. A brief reprieve to calculate his response. Needs to double back to reassess the man's words and-]
I can agree with that. A higher power in the form of a god, or those acting the part of it. Society will never shake that need.
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and then. ]
So you're going against society?
Or one man?
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[Annoyance present in his tone - he doesn't bother masking it. It's irritating and he presses into the back of the boat, as if he can crush whatever the fuck is happening with his spine.]
Unless you want me to ask what you're trying to take back.
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[ but qifrey does pause at akechi's question. the sound of water can be heard distantly, lapping against the boat. finally, qifrey plucks his glasses from the bridge of his nose and looks up at akechi. ]
What do you think?