[ He's silent for another moment at that. Then -- ]
... so you want me to come crawling to you and beg for it myself.
[ Despite the inflammatory word choice, he sounds more tired than angry. It makes sense, after all. It's the right of the strong to dispense mercy as they please; he doesn't even think it's particularly cruel, and that weary acquiescence seeps through their connection before he tries to squelch it with an unseen shake of the head. ]
Fine.
[ It's not a decisive 'no.' Because as prideful as he is, he can't pretend the chances of him having to come crawling back are zero. He just doesn't want to acknowledge the possibility of it, not unless he really has to. So Gen simply cuts the connection between them the next moment. ]
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... so you want me to come crawling to you and beg for it myself.
[ Despite the inflammatory word choice, he sounds more tired than angry. It makes sense, after all. It's the right of the strong to dispense mercy as they please; he doesn't even think it's particularly cruel, and that weary acquiescence seeps through their connection before he tries to squelch it with an unseen shake of the head. ]
Fine.
[ It's not a decisive 'no.' Because as prideful as he is, he can't pretend the chances of him having to come crawling back are zero. He just doesn't want to acknowledge the possibility of it, not unless he really has to. So Gen simply cuts the connection between them the next moment. ]