( being granted what's essentially eternal life when you hadn't asked for it tends to shift your perspective on these things.
makoto tends to be a presence of harsh and conflicting contrasts; affable yet unsettling all the same, and even as he breaches the sudden question at an oblique angle he does so blithely, mien perfectly casual and conversational. he appreciates that ernesto gives it some thought and doesn't just supply the first thing that comes to mind. )
What a relief! ( said with a few peals of laughter. ) I was worried you were going to say something boring like "dying"!
( one thing immortality makes you realize, very quickly: there are far worse things than death.
he breathes a short sigh, nodding. a curtain of wild, dark hair falls over his face as he does so. ) I agree with you. Having been on the receiving end of one of those nasty things on the way here... To be subjected to something like that forever would be unbearable.
( it had reminded him far too much of what it felt like to be around J for too long - hooks digging into his mind. )
What, then, would it take for you to agree to help them willingly? Assuming of course that there's something they need for us to do, and it doesn't involve imminently dying.
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makoto tends to be a presence of harsh and conflicting contrasts; affable yet unsettling all the same, and even as he breaches the sudden question at an oblique angle he does so blithely, mien perfectly casual and conversational. he appreciates that ernesto gives it some thought and doesn't just supply the first thing that comes to mind. )
What a relief! ( said with a few peals of laughter. ) I was worried you were going to say something boring like "dying"!
( one thing immortality makes you realize, very quickly: there are far worse things than death.
he breathes a short sigh, nodding. a curtain of wild, dark hair falls over his face as he does so. ) I agree with you. Having been on the receiving end of one of those nasty things on the way here... To be subjected to something like that forever would be unbearable.
( it had reminded him far too much of what it felt like to be around J for too long - hooks digging into his mind. )
What, then, would it take for you to agree to help them willingly? Assuming of course that there's something they need for us to do, and it doesn't involve imminently dying.