If he held still, it wouldn't hurt as much?! Who would-- Who would believe something like that? It was possible there'd be less damage, but-- Already he wanted to shake his head back and forth, an animalistic response to try and loosen the pressure at his eyelid, and it was good that the strap stay secure where it was. And it was good that even now, Mikado retained the use of his senses. Retrained the mentality, even as he started to panic, to try to minimalize the negative effects of this situation.
Didn't he know? More than anyone. How useless it was to fight against people like this?
Unless there was a trump card. Unless there was something still held back, to create something like a 'check'. But there wasn't anything, and he knew that! He held no power here, and it was dubious at best if he held any power at all to begin with. Ha, it was like that, wasn't it?! Something so useless like that....
He actually started laughing, like a close friend had said something funny. Like Masaomi had made another lame joke that just showed how much his friend was actually trying to cheer him up. But, ah-- Pulling his eye out of the socket? Really? Saying it like that made it worse, didn't it? Was this really just a game for the people in power?
He wished he could do something brave, like not react at all, and take away the pleasure of this person, but Mikado was only a student, as he repeatedly said. Just a student, and nothing like a hero, who would keep fighting to the very end. No, in the end, he was just a person who--
“--you have to keep evolving.”
His laughter trailed away, tears leaking from his eyes. Still he smiled, that expression wavering from fear and something else. "...Go ahead, then. I'll try to remain still."
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Didn't he know? More than anyone. How useless it was to fight against people like this?
Unless there was a trump card. Unless there was something still held back, to create something like a 'check'. But there wasn't anything, and he knew that! He held no power here, and it was dubious at best if he held any power at all to begin with. Ha, it was like that, wasn't it?! Something so useless like that....
He actually started laughing, like a close friend had said something funny. Like Masaomi had made another lame joke that just showed how much his friend was actually trying to cheer him up. But, ah-- Pulling his eye out of the socket? Really? Saying it like that made it worse, didn't it? Was this really just a game for the people in power?
He wished he could do something brave, like not react at all, and take away the pleasure of this person, but Mikado was only a student, as he repeatedly said. Just a student, and nothing like a hero, who would keep fighting to the very end. No, in the end, he was just a person who--
“--you have to keep evolving.”
His laughter trailed away, tears leaking from his eyes. Still he smiled, that expression wavering from fear and something else. "...Go ahead, then. I'll try to remain still."