[ He wants to make himself smaller. He draws himself inward, not quite curling in on himself but towards the warmth Dolph seems to radiate. He loops one arm around, flesh and bone fingers curling into cloth. ]
I didn't want to leave.
[ He'd told Knives. Back when they were here. He hadn't wanted to leave this place, to return back to a world that tore them both to shreds, where they were miserable and fighting. Away from a place where Vash had slowly OH SO SLOWLY let himself open up piece by piece. Away from friends like Dolph, Maruki, Akechi and others that had sparked the same marvel in him that the humans back home had. ]
I don't want to go.
[ What is there left, without his family? The trajectory his life had taken, the trajectory he HIMSELF was on was only fit for disaster. It's better if he never went back. It's self destructive and indulgent to want to stay. But it's the warmth that he feels himself relaxing into and holding onto that grounds him all the same. Different than Wolfwood and Meryl, but just as important, just as influential. A deeper connection maybe, born from similarities and understanding that he hadn't managed with anyone else. ]
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I didn't want to leave.
[ He'd told Knives. Back when they were here. He hadn't wanted to leave this place, to return back to a world that tore them both to shreds, where they were miserable and fighting. Away from a place where Vash had slowly OH SO SLOWLY let himself open up piece by piece. Away from friends like Dolph, Maruki, Akechi and others that had sparked the same marvel in him that the humans back home had. ]
I don't want to go.
[ What is there left, without his family? The trajectory his life had taken, the trajectory he HIMSELF was on was only fit for disaster. It's better if he never went back. It's self destructive and indulgent to want to stay. But it's the warmth that he feels himself relaxing into and holding onto that grounds him all the same. Different than Wolfwood and Meryl, but just as important, just as influential. A deeper connection maybe, born from similarities and understanding that he hadn't managed with anyone else. ]