[By then Mikado's firing almost at point blank. He's pretty much guaranteed to hit. And maybe a normal person would stop, when a bullet slams into his side. Kida does stumble, for just an instant, and gasp. But that's it -- he doesn't want to lose his velocity. If he's going to fall, he's going to do it on top of Mikado. And that he does, throwing his whole weight into his friend to take them both to the ground.
It hurts. His body and his heart both hurt so much he wants to die -- he is going to die, thanks to Mikado. And really, he could just let himself go and end the timeline like that. But the thing is, he's not sure it'll actually end. He doesn't know if they all start over, or if his consciousness will just jump to the next in a series of parallel worlds. And in the event that this world would go on without him, he can't let it go on the way it's going. So he tries to get the gun, even though it's hard to think straight through the pain and all the conflicting voices in his head.]
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It hurts. His body and his heart both hurt so much he wants to die -- he is going to die, thanks to Mikado. And really, he could just let himself go and end the timeline like that. But the thing is, he's not sure it'll actually end. He doesn't know if they all start over, or if his consciousness will just jump to the next in a series of parallel worlds. And in the event that this world would go on without him, he can't let it go on the way it's going. So he tries to get the gun, even though it's hard to think straight through the pain and all the conflicting voices in his head.]