[ Ah... That isn't fair, you know. How can he argue against that?
His expression flickers lightly at that, softening even as his eyes dip down for a moment. It's not an easy thing to even try to explain, you know? Especially when he understands it less than he even thought he ever did -- and probably won't ever, given the circumstances.
...except... perhaps now...? No. ]
Innocence is supposed to be a crystal of divinity, you know? [ He lets his eyes close, seemingly peaceable, as he curls up a bit to rest his head against his leg. ] A fragment of "God".
[ The way he says that is not like someone who unequivocally believes in that. Not for a long time, at least. ]
Something that can choose a human it deems worthy as its host, so that they can become a weapon together to fight akuma and those who create them in the holy war. Something that punishes them and their souls cruelly if they falter or lose faith, condemning them to be monsters that lash out at others before they die, but that will let them save people as long as they stay strong. Let them save the souls that are trapped within akuma -- save the world, when no one else can.
[ He opens his eyes and leans his head back a little, letting his words think in as he tries to find a way to say what he means next best. He'd only ever told Kanda before, and that was only because he pushed him until he blurted it out. ]
But... everything they told us about it was a lie. It's the true monster, living Innocence. Something that seems like its final evolution. Something that can take human form and move among people with its own agenda, hurting and killing them indiscriminately in the name of some greater purpose without the slightest care. A "grim reaper", it was called... like the apocalypse itself. Like it means to end the world on its own terms, I think. That's what killed my master. [ That's what killed Cross because of him. And... ]
It killed Timcanpy, too.
[ He's quiet for a long moment at that, looking out over the water at nothing in particular like he's recalling some distant face or memory. He brings his left hand up and looks at it, turning it over to eye the cross. ]
That's what can control my Crown Clown too and said they were aligned. It wanted to absorb it. Or... did.
[ He makes a light fist with it, the crystal cross that had once been gold but is now whitish-blue glittering faintly. ]
Whatever kind of world the "Waking World" is, I think it's beyond the reach of even that god. So whoever's crystal this is now, if it has its own agenda too... I don't know. All I know is that it lets me save those who become Beasts like I could save akuma. [ For better or worse. He shakes his head lightly. ]
That's why it's more complicated than it just being "good" or "bad".
[ The monster inside him he doesn't understand that also lets him save others as much as it might also endanger them. ]
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His expression flickers lightly at that, softening even as his eyes dip down for a moment. It's not an easy thing to even try to explain, you know? Especially when he understands it less than he even thought he ever did -- and probably won't ever, given the circumstances.
...except... perhaps now...? No. ]
Innocence is supposed to be a crystal of divinity, you know? [ He lets his eyes close, seemingly peaceable, as he curls up a bit to rest his head against his leg. ] A fragment of "God".
[ The way he says that is not like someone who unequivocally believes in that. Not for a long time, at least. ]
Something that can choose a human it deems worthy as its host, so that they can become a weapon together to fight akuma and those who create them in the holy war. Something that punishes them and their souls cruelly if they falter or lose faith, condemning them to be monsters that lash out at others before they die, but that will let them save people as long as they stay strong. Let them save the souls that are trapped within akuma -- save the world, when no one else can.
[ He opens his eyes and leans his head back a little, letting his words think in as he tries to find a way to say what he means next best. He'd only ever told Kanda before, and that was only because he pushed him until he blurted it out. ]
But... everything they told us about it was a lie. It's the true monster, living Innocence. Something that seems like its final evolution. Something that can take human form and move among people with its own agenda, hurting and killing them indiscriminately in the name of some greater purpose without the slightest care. A "grim reaper", it was called... like the apocalypse itself. Like it means to end the world on its own terms, I think. That's what killed my master. [ That's what killed Cross because of him. And... ]
It killed Timcanpy, too.
[ He's quiet for a long moment at that, looking out over the water at nothing in particular like he's recalling some distant face or memory. He brings his left hand up and looks at it, turning it over to eye the cross. ]
That's what can control my Crown Clown too and said they were aligned. It wanted to absorb it. Or... did.
[ He makes a light fist with it, the crystal cross that had once been gold but is now whitish-blue glittering faintly. ]
Whatever kind of world the "Waking World" is, I think it's beyond the reach of even that god. So whoever's crystal this is now, if it has its own agenda too... I don't know. All I know is that it lets me save those who become Beasts like I could save akuma. [ For better or worse. He shakes his head lightly. ]
That's why it's more complicated than it just being "good" or "bad".
[ The monster inside him he doesn't understand that also lets him save others as much as it might also endanger them. ]