[ Maruki's response takes a while too. He has to read and reread those words. Let them sink in.
Dolph speaks from hard-earned wisdom. Really, Maruki has no experience with revenge, none at all. It's never been a driving factor for him. It's never even been at the back of his mind. It's foreign to him, and he never would have considered it this way until it's laid out in front of him in stark black and white.
And all that before some facsimile of him makes that nausea rise up again. ]
You're right. I know you're right.
I want to believe there's a future where he could both achieve his goal and go on to live a full life. I want to believe I'd be there for all of it.
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Dolph speaks from hard-earned wisdom. Really, Maruki has no experience with revenge, none at all. It's never been a driving factor for him. It's never even been at the back of his mind. It's foreign to him, and he never would have considered it this way until it's laid out in front of him in stark black and white.
And all that before some facsimile of him makes that nausea rise up again. ]
You're right. I know you're right.
I want to believe there's a future where he could both achieve his goal and go on to live a full life. I want to believe I'd be there for all of it.
But that can't happen, can it?