[ heine did not have entire expectations set to judge rin against, and the ones he did have, the other passed. he may not understand the steady cycle trained muscles are put through - from sore to strong to stronger - but he understands limitations.
not his own, mind you. over exaggerated views of his own abilities are an honest flaw that he still refuses to understand.
rin had limitations. the same ones badou had (maybe more, due to a lack of his own berserk snap induced from nicotine withdrawal and automatic handguns) ; he's drawn the comparison over and over because that is the nearest thing he has in his memory.
he doesn't flinch at rin's question, but he wants to. friends? did he know what those were? would he know?
but no. he was thinking of lily. giovanni, too. his inhale scrapes too shallow. ] No. [ denial is easiest, as it were. no! not friends. or no! not thinking about that. rin's tone does not stink of intrusion, or the pressing need for answers. it's why his own voice slips a quiet sigh. ] About promises.
no subject
not his own, mind you. over exaggerated views of his own abilities are an honest flaw that he still refuses to understand.
rin had limitations. the same ones badou had (maybe more, due to a lack of his own berserk snap induced from nicotine withdrawal and automatic handguns) ; he's drawn the comparison over and over because that is the nearest thing he has in his memory.
he doesn't flinch at rin's question, but he wants to. friends? did he know what those were? would he know?
but no. he was thinking of lily. giovanni, too. his inhale scrapes too shallow. ] No. [ denial is easiest, as it were. no! not friends. or no! not thinking about that. rin's tone does not stink of intrusion, or the pressing need for answers. it's why his own voice slips a quiet sigh. ] About promises.
It doesn't really matter, though.