[His mind is so deep in this topic that it doesn't even register to him that he could be dreadfully embarrassed by the gesture. No, it's all too easy to fall back on the way he usually sees it - a physical showing of the understanding they share. He's not good at words, either; he understands. Of course he understands. As Souji's lips touch the wrist of one hand, his opposite hand rises, fussing lightly with his hair and tucking some behind his ear. It's the same sort of mindless gesture meant to anchor concentration that Souji had turned to when he touched Kashuu's earring.]
Being able to protect the people you love is good.
[And as a sword, of course he understands that killing must be done sometimes in order to do that. But it hits a little too close to home, hearing something like that. He'd spent so long trying to distance himself from Souji that the stunning, repetitive reminder that he was shaped by that former master hurts, in a way. It's painful and bizarre to hear Souji talk about killing like that, to recall his own words - Obviously! Who would love a sword that can't kill? - when Nagasone had complimented his wild vigilance in battle, and then to realize just where those words had come from.
Of course killing is important for a blade. A blade that can't cut well enough to kill is a blade that's useless in battle, bound to be discarded. A blade that can kill well, on the other hand, will be needed and used and important to its wielder, like an extra hand. Something they can't do without. He pulls his hands back perhaps a little too abruptly, feeling something knot up in his throat.]
...If you were important to them like that, it's not a bad thing, right? [Ah, something about that seems strange and off and not the way humans should be at all, but his mentality as a sword makes it difficult for him to look at those statements and say that is extremely unhealthy.]
And if you could make it so killing didn't hurt you anymore, that's not bad, either. ...You're good, y'know? You were a good master and you're a good human, and I think deciding to use your skills to help the ones you love is where you showed the world what kind of person you are.
when will souji get help tbh LORD...
Being able to protect the people you love is good.
[And as a sword, of course he understands that killing must be done sometimes in order to do that. But it hits a little too close to home, hearing something like that. He'd spent so long trying to distance himself from Souji that the stunning, repetitive reminder that he was shaped by that former master hurts, in a way. It's painful and bizarre to hear Souji talk about killing like that, to recall his own words - Obviously! Who would love a sword that can't kill? - when Nagasone had complimented his wild vigilance in battle, and then to realize just where those words had come from.
Of course killing is important for a blade. A blade that can't cut well enough to kill is a blade that's useless in battle, bound to be discarded. A blade that can kill well, on the other hand, will be needed and used and important to its wielder, like an extra hand. Something they can't do without. He pulls his hands back perhaps a little too abruptly, feeling something knot up in his throat.]
...If you were important to them like that, it's not a bad thing, right? [Ah, something about that seems strange and off and not the way humans should be at all, but his mentality as a sword makes it difficult for him to look at those statements and say that is extremely unhealthy.]
And if you could make it so killing didn't hurt you anymore, that's not bad, either. ...You're good, y'know? You were a good master and you're a good human, and I think deciding to use your skills to help the ones you love is where you showed the world what kind of person you are.