[ Dextera's always reminded him of Reiji, but it's not like Gen's ever mistook them for the same person. There's always been too many differences between them for him to fall into that delusional line of thinking -- and what Dextera says now is just another one of those jarring differences that keeps him grounded.
(After all, Reiji doesn't seem to have ever been cognizant of his own cruelties.) ]
... you're not making sense.
[ Gen's too stubborn to quietly drop the subject, even if he's starting to get the sense that that's what Dextera wants. But still, there's a significant pause before he speaks again, and most of the indignant fire has left his words. ]
If you really believe that, you wouldn't have wanted someone else to die in the first place. You wouldn't still be alive right now. [ If Dextera truly believed that death was what he deserved, and yearned for it, he probably would have hurled himself off the edge of one of these islands the first chance he got. ] Is this ... really what you're okay with. Having died for a bunch of people who probably don't even appreciate it like they should.
no subject
(After all, Reiji doesn't seem to have ever been cognizant of his own cruelties.) ]
... you're not making sense.
[ Gen's too stubborn to quietly drop the subject, even if he's starting to get the sense that that's what Dextera wants. But still, there's a significant pause before he speaks again, and most of the indignant fire has left his words. ]
If you really believe that, you wouldn't have wanted someone else to die in the first place. You wouldn't still be alive right now. [ If Dextera truly believed that death was what he deserved, and yearned for it, he probably would have hurled himself off the edge of one of these islands the first chance he got. ] Is this ... really what you're okay with. Having died for a bunch of people who probably don't even appreciate it like they should.