Deer Country In-Box

[burnitblack]

un: dabi  *cla-chick* ... what?  *growl* [ that would be his omen ] [ contact through his omni stone can be text, audio, or video. contact through his omen can be visual, mental, or physical. ]

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[burnitblack]

[good for him. dabi hasn't bothered talking to the guy after what happened and isn't planning on doing so. there's nothing that needs to be talked about. it's not gonna bother him at all.]

And ya point is?

[swellter]

Trench isn't like back in our world. Here, we don't have a choice sometimes.

[burnitblack]

Ya think we had a choice all the time back home?

[swellter]

[ There's a pause in his reply. His expression shifting into one of subtle observation. ]

Not all the time.

[burnitblack]

It's the same here.

[one could argue they didn't have a choice. one could argue you always had a choice.]

[swellter]

[ Another pause. This time longer than the last, yet eerily his expression never changes. ]

Did you have a choice when you hurt Bakugou?

[burnitblack]

[take long enough and touya's gonna roll over and grab a nap.]

Yep. It was an easy one.

[swellter]

Why did you kill him?

[burnitblack]

D'ya have selective hearin or just choose to ignore the words ya don't like?

[swellter]

[ He simply waits for a response. ]

[burnitblack]

[does he really think he can out-patient a guy who's waited ten years?]

[swellter]

[ It's not about what he can do, it's what he's willing to do for what he wants. That's where they are very similar.

He will wait for his answer. ]

[burnitblack]

[...sigh...]

I already answered that.

[swellter]

[ Answer it again. ]

I want to know why you killed him.

[burnitblack]

Cause he tried to kill me earlier.

Happy?

[swellter]

No.

[ But he'll talk to Bakugou about it at another time. For now, he'll let it lie. ]

None of this makes me happy.

[burnitblack]

Kill or be killed world, Shouto.

[Trench has never changed its face.]

Forgot that already.

[swellter]

That's not what I believe.

[burnitblack]

That's cause you're naive.

[swellter]

I make the effort to use restraint.

[ He's never used deadly force, never will. ]

[burnitblack]

That's why I'll always be stronger than you.

[swellter]

Strong enough to save someone instead of harming them?

[burnitblack]

That's a choice, idiot. It's got nothin to do with strength.

If I felt like savin him, then I would.

But that ain't me.

[swellter]

If it was easy, then anyone could do it.

[ There's a pause after that where mismatched eyes stare straight at him, pondering something new at that remark. ]

... Who are you?

[burnitblack]

Anyone can save. Anyone can kill. It's a choice.

[he regards those eyes with his own burning turquoise gaze, not backing down at the comment or the look.]

No one. Just a failure.