[probably one or two self-proclaimed ones. with ulterior motives...]
Sure it isn't.
[he's not the first person to look at dabi and think "oh you poor thing" and reach out in some attempt to understand. the few times it's happened have all started the same way: commenting on his scars and either wondering if they still hurt or why he has them in the first place. begin with the physical and then think it's some masterful segue to transition into the emotional and mental. obviously someone with this kind of physical damage has suffered. the scent of smoke and burning has been around dabi so much, it's saturated his skin and flesh, a lingering hint eternally that can only be covered up so much with something else. the way vash talks right now suggests that he's experienced something similar, at least in a way that makes him think he can relate or understand. perhaps he can; dabi has no way of proving otherwise. but the thing is, reaching someone only works if there's a reception. an opening in a wall, a path across a chasm. neither of which the villain possesses for other people anymore.
too far gone for something as pleasant as reaching to succeed. after all, reaching and understanding like this are simply two words that ultimately end in an attempt to change. and he has no intention of doing so.
stop it, touya.
dabi's had enough of other people telling him to stop.]
Nah. It ain't that. I don't need ya to waste your time. Just like what happened back there.
[in reference to the late zealot vash tried to save a couple minutes ago. wasted breath. wasted effort. is he too "dangerous" to understand? probably not. question is, if vash did learn about him, dabi's already pegged him for the kind of person to follow his "i understand" with a self-important denying "but" afterwards.]
oh from the zealots and stuff. gotcha.
Sure it isn't.
[he's not the first person to look at dabi and think "oh you poor thing" and reach out in some attempt to understand. the few times it's happened have all started the same way: commenting on his scars and either wondering if they still hurt or why he has them in the first place. begin with the physical and then think it's some masterful segue to transition into the emotional and mental. obviously someone with this kind of physical damage has suffered. the scent of smoke and burning has been around dabi so much, it's saturated his skin and flesh, a lingering hint eternally that can only be covered up so much with something else. the way vash talks right now suggests that he's experienced something similar, at least in a way that makes him think he can relate or understand. perhaps he can; dabi has no way of proving otherwise. but the thing is, reaching someone only works if there's a reception. an opening in a wall, a path across a chasm. neither of which the villain possesses for other people anymore.
too far gone for something as pleasant as reaching to succeed. after all, reaching and understanding like this are simply two words that ultimately end in an attempt to change. and he has no intention of doing so.
stop it, touya.
dabi's had enough of other people telling him to stop.]
Nah. It ain't that. I don't need ya to waste your time. Just like what happened back there.
[in reference to the late zealot vash tried to save a couple minutes ago. wasted breath. wasted effort. is he too "dangerous" to understand? probably not. question is, if vash did learn about him, dabi's already pegged him for the kind of person to follow his "i understand" with a self-important denying "but" afterwards.]