[ comes quickly, with an eyebrow raise, but without hostility. he's had somewhere under two days to dwell on the point, and he's not sure he can find a difference. remorse doesn't make the man any less dead. intent didn't stay his hand. nothing that happened, happened any less for what he meant to do.
he shrugs, but it's still hard to meet abel's eyes.
what was it that misa had said? i'm doing what i believe is right for the world. what you did was for the same reason, wasn't it? he hadn't fully denied it, even then. maybe he would feel sorrier about it if the guard hadn't been an enemy. hard to say if sorry is the word, exactly, even now; a few hours' sleep hasn't made the past few days feel any less like an awful fever dream. some part of him still feels like he's waiting to wake up. ]
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[ comes quickly, with an eyebrow raise, but without hostility. he's had somewhere under two days to dwell on the point, and he's not sure he can find a difference. remorse doesn't make the man any less dead. intent didn't stay his hand. nothing that happened, happened any less for what he meant to do.
he shrugs, but it's still hard to meet abel's eyes.
what was it that misa had said? i'm doing what i believe is right for the world. what you did was for the same reason, wasn't it? he hadn't fully denied it, even then. maybe he would feel sorrier about it if the guard hadn't been an enemy. hard to say if sorry is the word, exactly, even now; a few hours' sleep hasn't made the past few days feel any less like an awful fever dream. some part of him still feels like he's waiting to wake up. ]