"You hardly need to tell me that," said the vampire in response to Sasuke’s restlessness. On the surface, time was a luxury for a long-lived creature like himself who could live for hundreds and hundreds of years, but if anything his longevity just made the cost of wasted time even more pronounced.
His time was important; spending it on petty feuds and Landel’s equally petty illusions of grandeur was rather insulting.
Besides, it wasn’t as if Aidou was overflowing with patience. As far as he saw it, there were two options: let Aigis tag along, or freeze her feet to the floor and run for it. Trying to understand why she’d rather follow him like a puppy instead of investigate a potential cure for herself would probably take all night with the way Aigis’ mind seemed to work.
Turning to speak to Aigis over his shoulder, he said, "I’m not even going to pretend to understand why you deem latching onto us to be more important than the alternatives. Whatever, you can do what you want. You’re still interested in the basement, aren’t you, Sasuke? If we head there, we might require another body, anyway. But that means mouth closed. And no crazy antics! You might not transform, but the infection’s still made you weak. If you keel over from fatigue, neither Sasuke nor I will carry you out."
Aigis did have some use, he had seen that himself. So long as they made some progress, any warm body that could be trusted to follow orders was fine, right?
"Speaking of, I suppose we'll be shortening the journey by using that damn ring, won't we?" He made an unhappy noise in the back of his throat. "Since I used up some of our time on this little detour, I guess that's to be expected. It's not like we have to worry about it turning us into monsters."
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His time was important; spending it on petty feuds and Landel’s equally petty illusions of grandeur was rather insulting.
Besides, it wasn’t as if Aidou was overflowing with patience. As far as he saw it, there were two options: let Aigis tag along, or freeze her feet to the floor and run for it. Trying to understand why she’d rather follow him like a puppy instead of investigate a potential cure for herself would probably take all night with the way Aigis’ mind seemed to work.
Turning to speak to Aigis over his shoulder, he said, "I’m not even going to pretend to understand why you deem latching onto us to be more important than the alternatives. Whatever, you can do what you want. You’re still interested in the basement, aren’t you, Sasuke? If we head there, we might require another body, anyway. But that means mouth closed. And no crazy antics! You might not transform, but the infection’s still made you weak. If you keel over from fatigue, neither Sasuke nor I will carry you out."
Aigis did have some use, he had seen that himself. So long as they made some progress, any warm body that could be trusted to follow orders was fine, right?
"Speaking of, I suppose we'll be shortening the journey by using that damn ring, won't we?" He made an unhappy noise in the back of his throat. "Since I used up some of our time on this little detour, I guess that's to be expected. It's not like we have to worry about it turning us into monsters."