[ ... or maybe it's a similarity. fighting your own, corrupted comrades. shattered gems, turned into monsters, sealed away until they could find a way to help them. there's a hint of surprise when he explains--not because what he says is new, to her, but because it's so similar to what she's lived with.
it's similar. she's seen it. she knows how necessary it is to do what he's asking her to do. and she hadn't even considered, that if she did what he's doing, this act she can understand so much--would that be her, too? would she be making this request, as well? ]
... We're similar.
[ this is what she begins with. while she's tried to seem as disconnected, calm as possible--here, there's a hint of fragility.
he doesn't need to express to her how important it is. without descriptions, she gets it. whether she means they're similar due to what they are, or due to what they could do... potentially do... for those they care for, is vague. ]
What I am... A Gem. We can also become corrupted. Every day, we fight the monsters we can become, and contain them, take care of them, until they can...
[ be saved. she's not certain if kasen could be fixed the same way they can fix them, if they can, but on the off-chance he can... ]
I understand we haven't spoken much. You're a sword, not a Gem. But here, I considered you... somewhat of a comrade.
[ and now, because of how much she... sees of herself. because what he's requesting is something she would also request. because they're both selfish, and want to devote and risk their entire selves to what they need to. because... kashuu, yamato, would want this, wouldn't they? and this is what rose has been doing. now... she offers kasen this: ]
So I'll do for you, what I would do for them.
[ an unspoken question-- is that all right?
maybe they can recover him, when they figure out how to recover the fallen gems, perhaps that same technique would work for him, as steven's healing worked on humans. she wants to at least... give him that chance. ]
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it's similar. she's seen it. she knows how necessary it is to do what he's asking her to do. and she hadn't even considered, that if she did what he's doing, this act she can understand so much--would that be her, too? would she be making this request, as well? ]
... We're similar.
[ this is what she begins with. while she's tried to seem as disconnected, calm as possible--here, there's a hint of fragility.
he doesn't need to express to her how important it is. without descriptions, she gets it. whether she means they're similar due to what they are, or due to what they could do... potentially do... for those they care for, is vague. ]
What I am... A Gem. We can also become corrupted. Every day, we fight the monsters we can become, and contain them, take care of them, until they can...
[ be saved. she's not certain if kasen could be fixed the same way they can fix them, if they can, but on the off-chance he can... ]
I understand we haven't spoken much. You're a sword, not a Gem. But here, I considered you... somewhat of a comrade.
[ and now, because of how much she... sees of herself. because what he's requesting is something she would also request. because they're both selfish, and want to devote and risk their entire selves to what they need to. because... kashuu, yamato, would want this, wouldn't they? and this is what rose has been doing. now... she offers kasen this: ]
So I'll do for you, what I would do for them.
[ an unspoken question-- is that all right?
maybe they can recover him, when they figure out how to recover the fallen gems, perhaps that same technique would work for him, as steven's healing worked on humans. she wants to at least... give him that chance. ]