[ Brigade lights a new cigarette and takes a drag ] There are many of us, Ma'am, who always do. [ I don't plan to leave your son alone to do deal with this ]
But [ He thinks on it ], if there was a way to take the burden away from him, if either Hikaru wanted it done, or it had to be done because Death would be taking over anyway [ Leaving his Brother trapped in a body he had no control of anymore, having to watch as his hands, controlled by something else, kill everyone and everything he loved ], would you find that way, Ma'am? Would you take it to save him from a fate I'm sure he'd find worse than... [ Death? No, living forever, trapped inside Death, watching it do the exact opposite of everything he's worked toward in his 29 life cycles ] all this. [ Every night, Brother Hikaru goes out, Death's whipping dog, even though they say they've agreed to walk side by side ]
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But [ He thinks on it ], if there was a way to take the burden away from him, if either Hikaru wanted it done, or it had to be done because Death would be taking over anyway [ Leaving his Brother trapped in a body he had no control of anymore, having to watch as his hands, controlled by something else, kill everyone and everything he loved ], would you find that way, Ma'am? Would you take it to save him from a fate I'm sure he'd find worse than... [ Death? No, living forever, trapped inside Death, watching it do the exact opposite of everything he's worked toward in his 29 life cycles ] all this. [ Every night, Brother Hikaru goes out, Death's whipping dog, even though they say they've agreed to walk side by side ]