Tsubaki’s brow knit. Brother. Fai wanted to bring back a brother. She knew what losing one was like, but…
She hadn’t felt entangled in her thoughts, yet when the Head Doctor looked at her again, his gaze landed like a jolt; she jerked to full alertness at his movement, watching him. Anger, resentment, they were the feelings Tsubaki drew the least on. At the moment, she wasn’t sure what to feel at being referred to in the third person. It was insulting to an extent, but was eclipsed by the out of control train they all seemed to be riding. She couldn’t put it past the man not to be feeding the atmosphere on purpose.
Tensed for what would happen next, it was through her peripheral vision that Tsubaki saw Fai rise. So sudden! Nothing was coming together to make sense, and an unknown passage provided to them by Landel himself was just another jumbled part. “Wait!” she exclaimed, lunging forward two steps. It was mostly for the doctor, but she felt, too, that if she could delay Fai’s decision before more of the situation revealed itself, it would be for the better. She spread her hands, appealing. “Your cause,” said Tsubaki. “You say there’s no use in trying to make us believe or explain to us, but I’d like to hear it, if you told us. The truth is worth hearing. So…” What was important wasn’t what Tsubaki believed, but the explanation that Landel kept saying would be automatically rejected. Incentives weren’t worth half as much to her.
If Landel meant what he said about the greater good and the validity of his cause, then surely…? She wanted to know.
Her eyes flickered briefly to Kurogane at his words, and back to Landel. Her mind was already made up. But did they have to be paid to be cooperative?
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She hadn’t felt entangled in her thoughts, yet when the Head Doctor looked at her again, his gaze landed like a jolt; she jerked to full alertness at his movement, watching him. Anger, resentment, they were the feelings Tsubaki drew the least on. At the moment, she wasn’t sure what to feel at being referred to in the third person. It was insulting to an extent, but was eclipsed by the out of control train they all seemed to be riding. She couldn’t put it past the man not to be feeding the atmosphere on purpose.
Tensed for what would happen next, it was through her peripheral vision that Tsubaki saw Fai rise. So sudden! Nothing was coming together to make sense, and an unknown passage provided to them by Landel himself was just another jumbled part. “Wait!” she exclaimed, lunging forward two steps. It was mostly for the doctor, but she felt, too, that if she could delay Fai’s decision before more of the situation revealed itself, it would be for the better. She spread her hands, appealing. “Your cause,” said Tsubaki. “You say there’s no use in trying to make us believe or explain to us, but I’d like to hear it, if you told us. The truth is worth hearing. So…” What was important wasn’t what Tsubaki believed, but the explanation that Landel kept saying would be automatically rejected. Incentives weren’t worth half as much to her.
If Landel meant what he said about the greater good and the validity of his cause, then surely…? She wanted to know.
Her eyes flickered briefly to Kurogane at his words, and back to Landel. Her mind was already made up. But did they have to be paid to be cooperative?