... Even as he also recognizes it's his own selfish need to repent that has him looking at the other, expression pinched between concern and dissent. He can objectively agree that between the two of them, Sanji can do more work on this side -- and maybe one day he'll (again) even be put in a position where he'll have to act upon that ugly truth.
But that moment isn't today, and so he allows himself to be greedy and tired of how games are only won when you sacrifice your pawns.]
Oi, you're not alone... the set-up means there's a lot riding on all of us. The ones we left back in the castle--
[Assuming they can take the counselor at their words, then... there is no happy ending for them here. Things will get ugly, quickly, as they all scramble to save the people they care for most.]
... I know I keep repeating myself, and it's not a satisfying way to be, but we just gotta take it slow for now. Trust me when I say I'm working on figuring out what's going on, for everyone's sake.
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... Even as he also recognizes it's his own selfish need to repent that has him looking at the other, expression pinched between concern and dissent. He can objectively agree that between the two of them, Sanji can do more work on this side -- and maybe one day he'll (again) even be put in a position where he'll have to act upon that ugly truth.
But that moment isn't today, and so he allows himself to be greedy and tired of how games are only won when you sacrifice your pawns.]
Oi, you're not alone... the set-up means there's a lot riding on all of us. The ones we left back in the castle--
[Assuming they can take the counselor at their words, then... there is no happy ending for them here. Things will get ugly, quickly, as they all scramble to save the people they care for most.]
... I know I keep repeating myself, and it's not a satisfying way to be, but we just gotta take it slow for now. Trust me when I say I'm working on figuring out what's going on, for everyone's sake.