[ They are a lot alike, far too alike for him to be entirely comfortable with. It's not a bad thing at its core, more that he doesn't like that anyone has had a similarly shitty life to his that they ended up the same way. Izō is reckless and violent with an inferiority complex a mile wide from a lifetime of being treated like he was lesser. No one else should be able to relate to him. He should just be the one on the outside, cast aside by everyone for being the way he is. A violent killer who had no place in polite society. ]
Yeah...Me, too. [ An extremely vulnerable admission. ] This is supposed t' be punishment, ain't it? Shouldn't be a good time for any'a us.
[ And recently it wasn't. Izō was badly traumatized by everything that happened during the blood rain. The people he hurt, the unwanted glimpses into the nightmares of his loved ones, the memories of his own torture and execution dredged back up -- it's no wonder he ran from it all instead of facing it.
But he's here now, with one of the people he'd yet to reconcile with. That meant something, didn't it? ]
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Yeah...Me, too. [ An extremely vulnerable admission. ] This is supposed t' be punishment, ain't it? Shouldn't be a good time for any'a us.
[ And recently it wasn't. Izō was badly traumatized by everything that happened during the blood rain. The people he hurt, the unwanted glimpses into the nightmares of his loved ones, the memories of his own torture and execution dredged back up -- it's no wonder he ran from it all instead of facing it.
But he's here now, with one of the people he'd yet to reconcile with. That meant something, didn't it? ]