...In my world, there's a balance. The living world on one side, and the dead on the other. Keeping them in equilibrium is the only way life and death can work, with souls going from either side in a circle.
He wanted to destroy that. He wanted no one to die, but no one would live - so no one would grow old, but...no one would be born.
[He'd had time to think about it here, in the school - late at night, putting pen to paper.]
So everything would just...stagnate. Because...he was afraid of dying himself.
[And yet, even as he talks about it, there's no venom in his voice. Instead, what there is? Is pity and understanding.
He shakes his head at Akira's comment, looking over quietly.]
I've just gotten used to it, honestly. And...I'm grateful for it, because I had the power to protect everyone. So...it's not even a weight I notice, anymore.
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He wanted to destroy that. He wanted no one to die, but no one would live - so no one would grow old, but...no one would be born.
[He'd had time to think about it here, in the school - late at night, putting pen to paper.]
So everything would just...stagnate. Because...he was afraid of dying himself.
[And yet, even as he talks about it, there's no venom in his voice. Instead, what there is? Is pity and understanding.
He shakes his head at Akira's comment, looking over quietly.]
I've just gotten used to it, honestly. And...I'm grateful for it, because I had the power to protect everyone. So...it's not even a weight I notice, anymore.