| |And I’ll fight - and 💀 win - and fight| |
If it wasn’t a fight this guy was looking for, then there was no reason to get all touchy just because of dark expressions or miscommunicated intent, and as such, the brightly-maned youth held that gravestone gaze for as long as it remained on him.
Obviously an elder - there was nothing about the way this man held himself, that didn’t scream knowledge and experience, which was at the very least, comforting in regards to this hectic mission.
“… ‘it’? That’s sketchy.
… what bounty? I don’t get paid for this sort of thing, so go nuts, Ossan.
Either way, all Geta-Boshi told me was that it was pretty important to take it out.
I can sense it’s Reitsu fro- … “
A quick glance up - this was just.. a human... was it ok to talk about things like Spiritual Pressure and the like? The dead-eyed old bastard had pretty healthy Chain of Fate, from what he could tell.. sure.. everyone had rust and kinks, the human heart wasn’t infallible, but… what if whatever was down there wasn’t something a normal person would want to go near?
“It’s not human, I can tell you that much.
And ya’ aren’t just gonna be able to capture it.
I can just take them out,
and give you the head, just take me down there,
or I’m gonna have to swim.”
The sole of a shoe hit lavastone, and he hoisted himself up - a bit closer to the pirate’s face, and despite a far more aggressive expression, bleeding amber resonated nothing but concern.
“Don’t go down there, alright?
And don’t let any of those guys go, either,
I don’t want anyone t’ get hurt, just because I needed some help,
I’ll get ya’ the stupid bounty, though, as thanks.“
| |So in the end - they can 💀 be safe - to smile| |
☕—“And what are your wings for…?
¿˙˙˙ɹoɟ sƃuᴉʍ ɹnoʎ ǝɹɐ ʇɐɥʍ pu∀
Unfamiliar terms tumbled occasionally, from the young man’s tongue, and Levi noted them, intending to decipher their meanings, later. What the hell was a hat-clog? And Reitsu... If it was being ‘sensed’, was that a term associated with Kenbunshoku Haki and the Color of Observation? Was it a physical capability, such as Mike’s uncanny ability to smell Titans by proximity? The more the stranger spoke, the less reasonable this mission was beginning to seem.
Those keen eyes trained in on him, and Levi could tell that he was being assessed, in like motion. It was an unpleasant irony; that they’d both measured the other one up and found their surface capability wanting. How old did this reprobate think he was?
[“It’s not human, I can tell you that much.]
“Somehow, I figured that, already...”
The veteran met an ardent stare of earth-hues, with his own pale storm. The warning was noted; appreciated for the quality of compassion it might have been issued with, even. In the end, it wasn’t going to deter him from following through with his mission. He’d been told quite a bit by the young man’s meandering commentary; and he agreed on the point of his crew’s safety. But there was a force below that earthen shelf, and it was pulling him towards it. Curiosity? Less than enthrallment, but stronger than fascination. He was being called to. A sound familiar and sweet and vicious: a cool breeze on the brow on a hot day; the scald of warm water over frozen, blistered hands. Was this really the work of a Devil Fruit user? What could generate that kind of a presence?
‘Human’ was such a mutable state, it seemed. ...what if it was a unique existence...? What if could provide a direction to pursue in salvaging the rest of those titan-shifting brats and their abbreviated lifespans? It was anomalies like these, that promised the most in chasing down the mystery of the origin of gigantification. It would be wasted if he allowed the bright-haired punk to dispatch the entity below, without investigating what he could, first.
“....shit, I sound like Hange, now...”
❝Oi, you talk too fucking much, for not wanting to tell me any details directly. I get it. Sounds like I’m the only human involved, eh? So that makes you both monsters. You’re the bigger beast, sent to quiet the clamor that a lesser monster would undoubtedly cause. Am I close?
I appreciate your concern for my crew. I’ll tell them to sit this one out. I have my reasons for going down there. ...since you spilled so much, you’re welcome to use our equipment, but keep your ass out of my business beyond that. ❞
—Isn’t the sky within your cage,
‘ǝƃɐɔ ɹnoʎ uᴉɥʇᴉʍ ʎʞs ǝɥʇ ʇ,usI
too narrow for you?.”
“¿noʎ ɹoɟ ʍoɹɹɐu ooʇ
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