[ Ah, her words sting. He'd already been beating himself up about their first encounter ever since Hayame had relayed the information that she had during their meeting, but to hear it now, here, with Liem having disappeared from view once more, it really drives the point through his heart.
He's distracted. Both by what she says and at the knowledge that he's lost his chance to bring Liem back. It's why he doesn't think about the shadow pinning mentioned during their Pleroma-wide Communion until he's already parried her blow away, only to watch as the blade sinks into his shadow and yanks his movements to a halt when he tries to step forward for another retaliating strike. Shit, that's annoying. But the anger boiling over inside of him doesn't settle, and he grinds his teeth as he spits out a response. ]
They did something to him.
[ It's not meant to be news to Ciel. It's half of a plea. He needs her to understand in the way he believes that she's capable of understanding. ]
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He's distracted. Both by what she says and at the knowledge that he's lost his chance to bring Liem back. It's why he doesn't think about the shadow pinning mentioned during their Pleroma-wide Communion until he's already parried her blow away, only to watch as the blade sinks into his shadow and yanks his movements to a halt when he tries to step forward for another retaliating strike. Shit, that's annoying. But the anger boiling over inside of him doesn't settle, and he grinds his teeth as he spits out a response. ]
They did something to him.
[ It's not meant to be news to Ciel. It's half of a plea. He needs her to understand in the way he believes that she's capable of understanding. ]
You can't think that's okay.