[His eyebrows lift for a moment - a ripple on the lake's surface, a slip of surprise - before he's nodding again.]
You're right. It makes sense they wouldn't give us the means to free ourselves.
[Captors... It's a strong word, but Akira can't say that it's wrong. He can't hate them, not for bringing him to a place with Akechi and Maruki... But it doesn't change the fact Akira won so many battles only to be taken away from what he knew and loved at the end of it all, with no way to return home or communicate with anyone from outside of here.
It must be even worse, for everyone who's been in this world longer than him.]
If they're limiting even the birds, things that live here natively... It makes me wonder if they're keeping something from us up there.
[He wants to find a way to test the limits of- whatever it is. A barrier, maybe... But if only there was a way to push beyond that limit, maybe they could get more answers, if not an exit entirely. It's an impossible dream, especially powerless as he is right now, but it churns in his mind regardless.]
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You're right. It makes sense they wouldn't give us the means to free ourselves.
[Captors... It's a strong word, but Akira can't say that it's wrong. He can't hate them, not for bringing him to a place with Akechi and Maruki... But it doesn't change the fact Akira won so many battles only to be taken away from what he knew and loved at the end of it all, with no way to return home or communicate with anyone from outside of here.
It must be even worse, for everyone who's been in this world longer than him.]
If they're limiting even the birds, things that live here natively... It makes me wonder if they're keeping something from us up there.
[He wants to find a way to test the limits of- whatever it is. A barrier, maybe... But if only there was a way to push beyond that limit, maybe they could get more answers, if not an exit entirely. It's an impossible dream, especially powerless as he is right now, but it churns in his mind regardless.]