[ Even if these circumstances weren't eroding the wall between their minds to a paper-thin veil, Dextera would have felt the way that Gen's very core shivers at that offer. But here and now, with their minds practically made one between Communion and their shared Aspect, Dextera must feel the way Gen immediately, viscerally, painfully aches for what Dextera offers him.
But only for one moment before he claws back that own desire of his. Pushes it back down to the deepest, coldest, darkest corner he can, then locks it into place. ]
... even if I get in your way?
[ It's part deflection when he turns that question back on Dextera, but it's also partly out of the genuine desire to know the depths of Dextera's devotion to his cause. Reiji would have buckled at this point, he thinks. Reiji, too spineless and warped, would have long given in. But maybe Dextera will be different. (He's not sure whether he's hoping for or against it.) ]
What if I'm just a hindrance to your job? What if I make that duty of yours harder? What if you can't save your world if I go with you? -- would you still be asking me that?
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But only for one moment before he claws back that own desire of his. Pushes it back down to the deepest, coldest, darkest corner he can, then locks it into place. ]
... even if I get in your way?
[ It's part deflection when he turns that question back on Dextera, but it's also partly out of the genuine desire to know the depths of Dextera's devotion to his cause. Reiji would have buckled at this point, he thinks. Reiji, too spineless and warped, would have long given in. But maybe Dextera will be different. (He's not sure whether he's hoping for or against it.) ]
What if I'm just a hindrance to your job? What if I make that duty of yours harder? What if you can't save your world if I go with you? -- would you still be asking me that?