( ah, but it's too bad dextera couldn't attest to their shared experience — it's not necessarily uncommon for demons to be sewn back together on the occasion that their bodies are torn apart, but his seems to be a more unique situation. he's had his head torn from his body more times than he cares to admit to up until this point, and it's still an excruciation every time it happens — even when it's something he himself suggests or offers. he similarly has no affinity for pain (more the type to appreciate it in others), but he's able to grin and bear what he feels he must.
empathy for that pain is something wholly new to him. it feels bizarre as he picks up on it in dextera's gaze; it seems to squirm in his chest like something unknowable and alien. he attempts to set that aside for the moment, instead focusing on the other young man's sudden piqued curiosity. usually the pronounced scar is not so difficult to pick up on, given that he typically wears his hair pulled back, but as it is he has to sweep the dark curtain of it over one shoulder to give dextera a better look.
it's not faint. the scar is apparent and doesn't seem to have done much healing — it would look more apt on a corpse than a living, breathing person. truly it seems the only thing keeping makoto's head attached to his shoulders is the series of intensive sutures that circle all the way around his neck. )
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empathy for that pain is something wholly new to him. it feels bizarre as he picks up on it in dextera's gaze; it seems to squirm in his chest like something unknowable and alien. he attempts to set that aside for the moment, instead focusing on the other young man's sudden piqued curiosity. usually the pronounced scar is not so difficult to pick up on, given that he typically wears his hair pulled back, but as it is he has to sweep the dark curtain of it over one shoulder to give dextera a better look.
it's not faint. the scar is apparent and doesn't seem to have done much healing — it would look more apt on a corpse than a living, breathing person. truly it seems the only thing keeping makoto's head attached to his shoulders is the series of intensive sutures that circle all the way around his neck. )
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