[ Rex kind of...vanished, as soon as the barrier disappeared. He didn't have his first aid kit on him, and he doesn't really know how to perform it anyway, so he wasn't going to be of any use. He just. Needed to get away.
Which is why he went wandering around town aimlessly until he accidentally runs into Kotetsu in the solar, only slightly less dying than before. And all of a sudden, he can't help but stomp over to him. ]
Have you ever had to make a choice between one bad thing and something worse? That was the choice I had to make there. I didn't have a lot of options with the type of training he had.
My fighting is different. I learned to protect. He learned to kill. If I hadn't been able to use Finley like that, I wouldn't have been able to make it out of there.
You could've dodged! You could've--I dunno, ducked! Rolled to the side! Anything but--but deciding to go ahead and let yourself get stabbed just so you could do it back!
[ He clenches a fist and raises it, as if he's about to punch Kotetsu in the face. But at the height of his pulling back for the punch, he goes tense to the point of almost vibrating, like a taut wire, before it snaps.
[ for a second, he opens his mouth to contest that, and then he thinks, since when am I the one who gives lectures about staying safe? He can't even pretend he has the slightest bit of high ground on this. ]
Yeah, alright. I guess I do gotta give it up to you for making it to old age when you're like this.
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on 2021-10-10 08:25 pm (UTC)Which is why he went wandering around town aimlessly until he accidentally runs into Kotetsu in the solar, only slightly less dying than before. And all of a sudden, he can't help but stomp over to him. ]
You--why did you do that?!
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on 2021-10-10 10:10 pm (UTC)Which part are you talking about?
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on 2021-10-11 12:51 am (UTC)[ gestures furiously to his bandaged up guts ]
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on 2021-10-11 12:54 am (UTC)My fighting is different. I learned to protect. He learned to kill. If I hadn't been able to use Finley like that, I wouldn't have been able to make it out of there.
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on 2021-10-11 01:15 am (UTC)no subject
on 2021-10-11 01:29 am (UTC)no subject
on 2021-10-11 04:09 am (UTC)[ He clenches a fist and raises it, as if he's about to punch Kotetsu in the face. But at the height of his pulling back for the punch, he goes tense to the point of almost vibrating, like a taut wire, before it snaps.
He punches the arm of the couch instead. ]
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on 2021-10-11 04:16 am (UTC)I got lucky. I'll be back to my old self in no time.
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on 2021-10-12 02:01 am (UTC)You better.
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on 2021-10-12 02:12 am (UTC)Thanks for worryin', kid.
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on 2021-10-12 03:14 am (UTC)no subject
on 2021-10-12 04:19 am (UTC)no subject
on 2021-10-12 08:08 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2021-10-13 01:52 am (UTC)no subject
on 2021-10-13 03:19 am (UTC)no subject
on 2021-10-13 04:03 am (UTC)no subject
on 2021-10-13 07:46 am (UTC)Yeah, alright. I guess I do gotta give it up to you for making it to old age when you're like this.
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on 2021-10-13 09:09 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2021-10-13 10:48 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2021-10-14 01:44 am (UTC)[ but very lighthearted with that, laughing ]