swellter: (Hero: Pillars of Society)
🔥 тσ∂σяσкι ѕнσυтσ ❄️ ([personal profile] swellter) wrote in [community profile] deercountry 2023-06-10 09:11 pm (UTC)

[ In the dim light, a handful of thin scratches are visible to the naked eye, minor compared to Allen's injuries. Even so, he tilts his head slightly to give him room to work. You're anxious. He thinks, vaguely aware that it's not the end goal that matters, but the process itself. He swallows lightly, feeling the gentle press of fingers against his throat, a perfect compliment to his softly spoken words but for the uneasy look that mars his shadowed features.

Why do you look like that?

Concern bleeds through the bond in tumultuous waves. The last time Allen spoke of his Innocence in-depth, they were trapped in a cursed book that gave him a taste of his world. Is it hard for you to talk about? Is that why you won't look at me? He regards him in silence, feeling completely out of his depth, yet it's this familiar constant that grounds him. He listens in silence, letting him speak without interruption, adding what he says to what he already knows about his Innocence. ]


This isn't the first time we've faced a nightmare together. Or the first time you've spoken about your Innocence. Or Nea. I met him, remember? [ He eyes him quietly, giving Allen time to recall that incident, while he delicately touches his cheek, tracing a trail up his jawline. ] I know he's a part of you... was a part of you.

[ He reminds him, letting his index finger skim over the white stone of his earring, strengthening the bond momentarily, filling it with a deep sense of acceptance that's gone the moment the contact is lost. ]

The priest in the woods. That was Living Innocence. [ He tries to put together what he knows to figure out what he's missing. ] You said, before, that it can take human form. That it wants to merge with your Innocence. Is that why it chased you in the woods?

[ To merge with it? That makes sense. ]

If it gets what it wants, it'll destroy Nea, right? The 'other thing inside you'? [ He looks at him. Bit by bit, the puzzle pieces begin to form a picture. ] A Noah. The other faction that wants to annihilate humanity.

Nea didn't like Innocence. He said, "Opposites aren't meant to mix". If that was true, why did he, a Noah, choose you, who was born with Innocence?

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