[--they are certainly on track to lose one another. As though death is only a small part of the question now.

Somehow, he had thought he'd wanted that. He thought he would leave with his pride, savor a moment's worth of emotional damage, then walk away without having to witness death. It was certainly easy and appealing.

But actually watching Tokiomi cry is somehow different. Angering and upsetting all at once, Gilgamesh almost wants to curse him again for providing the distress that he had been expecting to see. The King of Heroes doesn't understand what's driving his emotions in this moment; frustrated, he can only snap out a kneejerk reply]

You will cease calling me a coward!