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I ADORE
THE FACT THAT
KUROGANE IS SAYING THIS IN ANGER
AND YET
IT IS ALSO QUITE LITERAL
BECAUSE ALL KUROGANE HAS TO DO IS NOT AGREE TO IT AND IT WILL QUITE LITERALLY KILL FAI, IF FAI WANTS TO DIE THAT BADLY
But also that’s not actually an option Kurogane is giving him, not really.
Kurogane is saying he HAS to live.
That is the ONLY option he has here. Kurogane is paying the price to keep Fai alive, and after that? If Fai genuinely wants to step off to the next plane of existence? They can sort it out then.
BUT RIGHT HERE AND RIGHT NOW, KUROGANE IS KEEPING FAI ALIVE, END OF STORY.
And as far as he is concerned, Fai should live with him until they both die together.
AND
NOW
I’M CRYING
HE GETS IT THOUGH.
FAI GETS IT.
IT SHOCKS THE HELL OUT OF HIM IN THE MIDDLE PANEL THERE, BECAUSE I DONT THINK HE EXPECTED IT.
I THINK HE GENUINELY WAS QUITE SET ON DYING.
BUT THEN IT ALL KICKS IN AND HE
GIVES IN
AND ACCEPTS THAT THIS IS HAPPENING
AND HE JUST
CLOSES HIS EYES
AND SOFTLY SMILES










