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 2021-10-11 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
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on 2021-10-13 01:52 am (UTC)no subject
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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 ]