[ He still tries to keep his distance, countering with his free arm - because these things are deadly, he fully believes it now. Higanbana are indeed poisonous to humans, their bulbs containing toxins - but he doesn't know that, and his belief is fueled by mere cloudy logic. ]
Don't touch me. [ That was rude, so he quickly adds; ] Please, I - don't want to hurt you...!
[ And because he doesn't want to explain, doesn't want to give voice to those fatal, final words, he just lifts his right hand away from the bloody mess that is his ruined socket. There is a hole where his eye should have been, and even the knotted scar in its place has been torn out. First, by the flower that bloomed beneath it, and then by him when he finally rips out the treacherous bloom.
Maybe it's a good thing that there's so much blood. She won't be able to see exactly how bad it is. ]
Please, just go.
[ Don't stay, because all she'll be doing is watching him die. ]
I'll let you know that I'm enjoying this immensely
Don't touch me. [ That was rude, so he quickly adds; ] Please, I - don't want to hurt you...!
[ And because he doesn't want to explain, doesn't want to give voice to those fatal, final words, he just lifts his right hand away from the bloody mess that is his ruined socket. There is a hole where his eye should have been, and even the knotted scar in its place has been torn out. First, by the flower that bloomed beneath it, and then by him when he finally rips out the treacherous bloom.
Maybe it's a good thing that there's so much blood. She won't be able to see exactly how bad it is. ]
Please, just go.
[ Don't stay, because all she'll be doing is watching him die. ]