[Yamato is the sword that had inherited Souji's insane (maybe a little literally) ability to shift moods on a dime, to make himself ferocious and formidable and frightening. But Kashuu certainly has quite a temper of his own and a sharp, cruel tongue that's ready to lash out whenever he's given the reason to show it, and it seems this has hit a raw nerve. The look on his face, which had been able to carry such friendliness before, is much cooler and distanced now. He'd move to set his hands at his hips but awkwardly realizes that he still has this guy's towel, and it is still raining, so he can't just storm off...
He just puts a little more distance between them instead, and starts to towel off his hair again.]
It's different. [Different, because he can tell that Souji is speaking from a place of remembrance here. Something similar had happened to him at some point, then - but humans always have it better in situations like this.]
It's not the same at all. You can try again if you fail at something, yeah? Or if you can't, you can move on and find another thing to be good at and people will still love you. Or maybe they'll love you just because! [Because humans are lucky and some don't even have to lift a finger to be precious.] But it's not like that for me. I'm only good at one thing, and if I can't do it, I'll be thrown away.
[THIS IS... a very private topic to be discussing with a stranger, honestly, but the words spill out almost unprompted even though he wishes halfway through that he had stopped.]
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He just puts a little more distance between them instead, and starts to towel off his hair again.]
It's different. [Different, because he can tell that Souji is speaking from a place of remembrance here. Something similar had happened to him at some point, then - but humans always have it better in situations like this.]
It's not the same at all. You can try again if you fail at something, yeah? Or if you can't, you can move on and find another thing to be good at and people will still love you. Or maybe they'll love you just because! [Because humans are lucky and some don't even have to lift a finger to be precious.] But it's not like that for me. I'm only good at one thing, and if I can't do it, I'll be thrown away.
[THIS IS... a very private topic to be discussing with a stranger, honestly, but the words spill out almost unprompted even though he wishes halfway through that he had stopped.]