[Now Masaoka snaps. He gives Kagari a look somewhere between lecturing and actual anger.]
You're not garbage. That's bullshit.
[It's probably not something he would have said, back in Japan. He would have tried to dance around it, if he'd addressed it at all, or shrugged in agreement. Implying that something (or everything) about the system is bullshit isn't a good look for an Enforcer. Self-deprecation is. But it's not right, for Kagari to have lived with that label. It's not right for him to use that here, in a place where he can happily talk about working with dragons. A place where he can be happy.
It's not right that Masaoka didn't say this, back in Japan.
His shoulders slump again, as his face settles back into a serious expression. He doesn't know the right path to take, here. What or who he should be fighting for. But Kagari's right here.
(Nobuchika had been right there.)]
We all needed you.
[Division One could function without any of them. That was the point of the structure. That didn't mean anyone who was lost hadn't been, in their own way, needed. Kagari hadn't let things stay quiet. He'd challenged everyone and forced them to come together. That was important. That was needed.]
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You're not garbage. That's bullshit.
[It's probably not something he would have said, back in Japan. He would have tried to dance around it, if he'd addressed it at all, or shrugged in agreement. Implying that something (or everything) about the system is bullshit isn't a good look for an Enforcer. Self-deprecation is. But it's not right, for Kagari to have lived with that label. It's not right for him to use that here, in a place where he can happily talk about working with dragons. A place where he can be happy.
It's not right that Masaoka didn't say this, back in Japan.
His shoulders slump again, as his face settles back into a serious expression. He doesn't know the right path to take, here. What or who he should be fighting for. But Kagari's right here.
(Nobuchika had been right there.)]
We all needed you.
[Division One could function without any of them. That was the point of the structure. That didn't mean anyone who was lost hadn't been, in their own way, needed. Kagari hadn't let things stay quiet. He'd challenged everyone and forced them to come together. That was important. That was needed.]