He had been it at the time, so he knows. Right now, he almost feels like it's discarded husk, hollowed out to contain it but then left empty afterward. He stares at Ryunosuke, his physical changes not holding any particular meaning to his addled mind.
He seems at a loss, but eventually, a thought begins to gnaw at him.
"Was this... my doing?"
He doesn't fully understand it in the moment, but there is the growing sense that the events causing the Innocence to arrive was his fault somehow. He remembers fighting, he remembers blood on his claws, he remembers roaring and shaking the earth. But then...
It had lashed out at individuals he remembers caring for. Ryunosuke was the only one in his presence at the time, but he'd felt them across the gap. His stomach turns, as it suddenly falls into place.
"Himeka..." he murmurs. His eyes widen as he stares into nothing. It had hurt her, and Alphinaud, and Abel. His body tenses, a shudder going through him. No... No. What had he done?
He starts fumbling for his shard, pulling it free.
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He seems at a loss, but eventually, a thought begins to gnaw at him.
"Was this... my doing?"
He doesn't fully understand it in the moment, but there is the growing sense that the events causing the Innocence to arrive was his fault somehow. He remembers fighting, he remembers blood on his claws, he remembers roaring and shaking the earth. But then...
It had lashed out at individuals he remembers caring for. Ryunosuke was the only one in his presence at the time, but he'd felt them across the gap. His stomach turns, as it suddenly falls into place.
"Himeka..." he murmurs. His eyes widen as he stares into nothing. It had hurt her, and Alphinaud, and Abel. His body tenses, a shudder going through him. No... No. What had he done?
He starts fumbling for his shard, pulling it free.