[quiet for a moment, just absorbing her words, before he finally speaks again. he takes his time, choosing what to say very carefully]
I don't plan on putting any of us in unnecessary danger. Our lives are tied to the lives of otherwise innocent people. Our deaths mean their deaths, and that isn't fair.
[and more than that, he knows he can't die here, either. not with Makoto and Yusuke as participants in this Game. not with everything he has to return home to, back in his world. not when his partner-- Ichigo-- is someone so broken and traumatized that all he wants to do is find a way to fix his circumstances and send him back to his world in one piece]
But I don't intend to Erase anyone. [he doesn't even add the caveat of "until I'm forced to." it shouldn't be assumed it's there] I'm going to spend what time I can figuring out the secrets behind this Game, no matter what it takes.
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I don't plan on putting any of us in unnecessary danger. Our lives are tied to the lives of otherwise innocent people. Our deaths mean their deaths, and that isn't fair.
[and more than that, he knows he can't die here, either. not with Makoto and Yusuke as participants in this Game. not with everything he has to return home to, back in his world. not when his partner-- Ichigo-- is someone so broken and traumatized that all he wants to do is find a way to fix his circumstances and send him back to his world in one piece]
But I don't intend to Erase anyone. [he doesn't even add the caveat of "until I'm forced to." it shouldn't be assumed it's there] I'm going to spend what time I can figuring out the secrets behind this Game, no matter what it takes.