[ dextera leans into makoto’s touch. he can’t help it, even as he knows they use physical touch differently. maybe he would allow that on a deep, abstract level, it all comes back to the same thing—wanting something for themselves—but on the surface that matters in the social world, makoto’s touch is guiding. some might say manipulative, but dextera is more generous; he allows himself to be drawn into it, before it’s taken away.
the more time makoto spends here, the more even their positions become. they’re closer to what they used to be, but dextera would be lying if he couldn’t admit to himself that somewhere underneath it all, he still wants that influence. makoto’s light rejection stings for the fact that it shows dextera’s lack of sway, not because he really thought it would work.
it’s a little selfish part of him that he prefers to keep hidden. ]
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[ as for the matter of their future, dextera had started to settle on the idea that this would be the end. makoto seems to think differently, forcing dextera a few steps back to the mindset he had prior to the sun flickering out above them. ]
We’ll keep fighting. There are… more Oracles, they said, so another one will appear in time. [ but even beyond that? dextera pauses. ] …if we win, I’ll go back to my world. I’ll do what I have to do. That’s why I’m here.
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the more time makoto spends here, the more even their positions become. they’re closer to what they used to be, but dextera would be lying if he couldn’t admit to himself that somewhere underneath it all, he still wants that influence. makoto’s light rejection stings for the fact that it shows dextera’s lack of sway, not because he really thought it would work.
it’s a little selfish part of him that he prefers to keep hidden. ]
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[ as for the matter of their future, dextera had started to settle on the idea that this would be the end. makoto seems to think differently, forcing dextera a few steps back to the mindset he had prior to the sun flickering out above them. ]
We’ll keep fighting. There are… more Oracles, they said, so another one will appear in time. [ but even beyond that? dextera pauses. ] …if we win, I’ll go back to my world. I’ll do what I have to do. That’s why I’m here.