[You get a distinctly sharp look, feral and unwilling to be baited.] I only need an excuse when Seimei's displeased with me. Or did you think that the only fighter worth having is one who's never lost?
[Nisei's a bit taken aback by how much you don't understand, how much you don't see the point of.] If you mean why I'm in play right now, Seimei would be dead if he wasn't fully armed. Seven Moons is trying to kill him.
If you mean why I'm part of this whole underworld in the first place ... I'd suggest you try leaving, except you probably can't. They keep trying to drag you to the academy, don't they, every time Soubi's out of range. [Considers for a moment.] Let's just say they weren't, though, and you could tell Soubi to go away and let you be a normal boy. How long could you go through the motions before it all started to drive you crazy? Actually, let's start small. Have you tried to exist without a fighter, since Soubi showed up? You know, gone off with your outsider schoolmates ... tried to act like their lives are interesting and the things they worrry about actually matter. [Nisei raises an eyebrow, knowing full well which world you belong to, and that the more contact you have with this one, the harder it is to care about anywhere else.]
It's always a little awkward if your powers are taking their sweet time. And Soubi - can't match you right off the bat because he's a blank. You have to know what you want and shape him into an acceptable partner. But that doesn't make you any less of a sacrifice. [It just means you're doing the pair-bonding work with someone who took on your name, rather than being born with it. Someone whose presence won't hit you like a bolt of lightning, whose thread isn't coiled around your soul unless you put it there. Nisei suspects he knows why Seimei arranged that for you.]
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[Nisei's a bit taken aback by how much you don't understand, how much you don't see the point of.] If you mean why I'm in play right now, Seimei would be dead if he wasn't fully armed. Seven Moons is trying to kill him.
If you mean why I'm part of this whole underworld in the first place ... I'd suggest you try leaving, except you probably can't. They keep trying to drag you to the academy, don't they, every time Soubi's out of range. [Considers for a moment.] Let's just say they weren't, though, and you could tell Soubi to go away and let you be a normal boy. How long could you go through the motions before it all started to drive you crazy? Actually, let's start small. Have you tried to exist without a fighter, since Soubi showed up? You know, gone off with your outsider schoolmates ... tried to act like their lives are interesting and the things they worrry about actually matter. [Nisei raises an eyebrow, knowing full well which world you belong to, and that the more contact you have with this one, the harder it is to care about anywhere else.]
It's always a little awkward if your powers are taking their sweet time. And Soubi - can't match you right off the bat because he's a blank. You have to know what you want and shape him into an acceptable partner. But that doesn't make you any less of a sacrifice. [It just means you're doing the pair-bonding work with someone who took on your name, rather than being born with it. Someone whose presence won't hit you like a bolt of lightning, whose thread isn't coiled around your soul unless you put it there. Nisei suspects he knows why Seimei arranged that for you.]