[ Instincts were so simplistic and following them could either get you over your head or the right answers you didn't know you needed to hear and times like now he wished he hadn't been right. One answer alone told him more than anything, his gaze following down to that suitcase wordlessly proved just that as he wasn't dumb enough to not realize that was a concealed quinque. Seeing as Arima had been the one who encountered him at that time he didn't remember, a part of him mused that perhaps arriving here had been for the best as he was allowed to become somewhat of a person instead of further along that path where his mind was falling apart by the second.
He couldn't afford that; a thought that had long since occurred to him before the arrival of Arima himself.
Becoming a monster meant innocent people could be hurt by him in that state so he'd been doing what he can to keep himself in line. Protecting this life that he'd been given by CERES and by extension, Hide himself without questioning it anymore.
Kaneki's expression fell into something almost uneasy, pensive while bristling slightly when that Quinque came into view; any ghoul would be stupid not to at least feel something in the face of a weapon that had once slaughtered likely a great number of his kind. Even in it's unengaged state, it held an almost intimidating aura within the silence between them and had he been that same kind of mental state, would have felt threatened enough to attack him thoughtlessly. He half expected the man to want to fight while brandishing his weapon so openly, but it was the simplistic statement that made Kaneki hesitate with his pale grey eyes widening in both shock and realization. Mostly because that he was being allowed to actually go without having to engage in a fight, and the dual understanding that this man would be there to finish him if he lost his mind like he had that very evening. ]
...I accept it. Your condition.
[ He didn't need to say it as it went unsaid but he felt it necessary to make this clear that he not only understood it, but acknowledged it. ]
If you... truly had put a stop to me once, if I do lose myself again then you can stop me from hurting anyone.
[ There was something like understanding in his expression as he regarded the other man, knowing how dangerous he could get when he got 'that' way and finding almost a weird comfort in knowing there was someone to prevent anyone unnecessary from being hurt. ]
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He couldn't afford that; a thought that had long since occurred to him before the arrival of Arima himself.
Becoming a monster meant innocent people could be hurt by him in that state so he'd been doing what he can to keep himself in line. Protecting this life that he'd been given by CERES and by extension, Hide himself without questioning it anymore.
Kaneki's expression fell into something almost uneasy, pensive while bristling slightly when that Quinque came into view; any ghoul would be stupid not to at least feel something in the face of a weapon that had once slaughtered likely a great number of his kind. Even in it's unengaged state, it held an almost intimidating aura within the silence between them and had he been that same kind of mental state, would have felt threatened enough to attack him thoughtlessly. He half expected the man to want to fight while brandishing his weapon so openly, but it was the simplistic statement that made Kaneki hesitate with his pale grey eyes widening in both shock and realization. Mostly because that he was being allowed to actually go without having to engage in a fight, and the dual understanding that this man would be there to finish him if he lost his mind like he had that very evening. ]
...I accept it. Your condition.
[ He didn't need to say it as it went unsaid but he felt it necessary to make this clear that he not only understood it, but acknowledged it. ]
If you... truly had put a stop to me once, if I do lose myself again then you can stop me from hurting anyone.
[ There was something like understanding in his expression as he regarded the other man, knowing how dangerous he could get when he got 'that' way and finding almost a weird comfort in knowing there was someone to prevent anyone unnecessary from being hurt. ]