switchaxe | IC inbox for Kaisou

[Ash is tired, and it's not like he hasn't heard similar from Elliot and everyone else.

But something about hearing it from a guy who might just get it...Ash doesn't cry but he's emotional.]

Yeah. [A sigh.] Yeah. Fuck, I'm so fucking tired of batshit idiots like her.

[A guy who gets it as far as going back and forth between hells. Maybe the only reason the Order didn't snatch him up is cause he was useless to them anyway. He could only mess with shadows a little bit before that shitheel ghost found him.

Now he's a terror. A powerhouse. And that was dangerous for this city. For this kid who deserved to just have a normal life, messing around, making mistakes, being a stupid teen who gets in trouble and makes friends and tries new things.

A life Ragna abandoned for revenge. Something she also sought.]

... You're not alone, right? Someone's over there with you?

Oh, yeah, I'm safe. It's a whole fuckin' party over here at Gramps's.

Good.

[...]

She'll turn up dead sooner or later. I don't need to tell you twice but stay close to them. [Stay close to your family, he wants to say. Call me if you need anything, he couldn't bring himself to.]

Yeah, yeah. You safe? I can't give you an alibi if you go fuckin' off.

She doesn't have a reason to look for me, and she better hope it stays that way.

[Which is to say yes, but he has problems accepting that people might care about him you see.]

Might take you up on that. We'll see.