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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[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.

[swellter]

Not anyone can save or kill. It's a choice.

[ He meets that turquoise gaze easier than he ever did his father's. For one, there's no burning anger or outright dismissal. He cares what Touya has to say. ]

You're not 'No one' to me.

Or a failure.