[ No, he sees it. They're small enough to easily go unnoticed, but they're what he's been looking for.
But then it's being turned on him once more. And the pressure is insurmountable, too unbearable, and Dokja buckles under the weight of it all. He snaps. ]
How do you think I got this way?!
[ He raises his voice for the first time since arriving here in this strange new world, unable to stop himself now that he's being backed into a corner. It's suffocating. All the pain and frustration and anguish that he's carrying with him spilling over the edge. It takes everything not to reach out and grab Gen by the arms, to shake him and plead with him for... for...
For something so incredibly selfish that he can't ask. ]
That was the only thing you had, you know. You aren't anything without the people you've left behind! You need them more than they need you!
[ Who... is he talking to? Dokja seems confused for a moment after he's stopped, his mind muddled and his eyes unfocused. Even as he glares at the boy in front of him, his gaze is somewhere else. Just like before when they'd fought, he's looking at someone else. ]
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But then it's being turned on him once more. And the pressure is insurmountable, too unbearable, and Dokja buckles under the weight of it all. He snaps. ]
How do you think I got this way?!
[ He raises his voice for the first time since arriving here in this strange new world, unable to stop himself now that he's being backed into a corner. It's suffocating. All the pain and frustration and anguish that he's carrying with him spilling over the edge. It takes everything not to reach out and grab Gen by the arms, to shake him and plead with him for... for...
For something so incredibly selfish that he can't ask. ]
That was the only thing you had, you know. You aren't anything without the people you've left behind! You need them more than they need you!
[ Who... is he talking to? Dokja seems confused for a moment after he's stopped, his mind muddled and his eyes unfocused. Even as he glares at the boy in front of him, his gaze is somewhere else. Just like before when they'd fought, he's looking at someone else. ]