If I believe that, then either I'm stupid or you're stupid.
[He continues to stare out the window, voice low and soft and tired. A lot of his identity and success was based around allowing himself to continue to be a soft, big-hearted, and open person. He knows that, and he knows that everywhere it helped him before, it's hurting him now. That person really wants to believe in Mikado. He really wants to be able to count him as a friend. Lucky had a lot of friends. Most of the best ones are dead now. Masaomi, on the other hand, only really had a handful, and he's either lost or lost touch with all of them but this one. He's alone and unused to being alone, and he'd very much like to feel like he can count on someone.
But he can't trust anyone. The risk is too big, to himself and to anyone that helps him. This is something he has to do alone, or so he keeps repeating to himself.]
I can't stop until I'm dead or back where I should be. That means letting me go might end in your boss dying so I can use your gang, and even if I can't do that, it means having that underhanded bastard breathing down your neck until he's got me in his grubby claws again. He'll tear Dollars down to get me if he has to. Either way, if you want Ikebukuro to stay at peace, your only option is getting rid of me.
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[He continues to stare out the window, voice low and soft and tired. A lot of his identity and success was based around allowing himself to continue to be a soft, big-hearted, and open person. He knows that, and he knows that everywhere it helped him before, it's hurting him now. That person really wants to believe in Mikado. He really wants to be able to count him as a friend. Lucky had a lot of friends. Most of the best ones are dead now. Masaomi, on the other hand, only really had a handful, and he's either lost or lost touch with all of them but this one. He's alone and unused to being alone, and he'd very much like to feel like he can count on someone.
But he can't trust anyone. The risk is too big, to himself and to anyone that helps him. This is something he has to do alone, or so he keeps repeating to himself.]
I can't stop until I'm dead or back where I should be. That means letting me go might end in your boss dying so I can use your gang, and even if I can't do that, it means having that underhanded bastard breathing down your neck until he's got me in his grubby claws again. He'll tear Dollars down to get me if he has to. Either way, if you want Ikebukuro to stay at peace, your only option is getting rid of me.