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[frowns and floating up again so he can actually see the top of Rye's head, looking for an injury]

...it's like a deal. You pick heaven or hell. If you pick heaven you go home and nothing's changed, but if you pick hell you can be more flexible.

....flexible. Hmmm, no, still fuzzy. Can you give more detail? What does it mean to pick Hell?

You like... make a deal with some demons... Do some work for them or something...

[handwaves]

What's it matter? You should be getting someone to look at your head.

....demons are dangerous creatures that cause suffering.

Agreeing to work for them would mean doing bad things, wouldn't it?

[Definitely no injuries on his head, of course.]

And it matters for reasons. Come on, I'm not known for stopping my questions.

...I'm a dangerous creature that causes suffering.

[simply, he has no judgement against demons]

I'll do bad things if it means wild city stays together. This was all worth it.

And what did I do?

[frowns]

I... I dunno. That's with you.

....if I chose to come here....then Talon would have gotten through to me.

To rely fully on Wild City. To not bear stress alone.

Doing bad things for demons....even it the prize was Toothless, that would hurt me.

It wouldn't be a secret.

[scratches his head, confused]

Well... ask Talon, then.

It wouldn't be all on one person.

Then again... [He pulls out a napkin and it has a far more detailed sketch of a dragon.]

Did I ever tell you why I kept my leg instead of having SensitIV attach a new one?

...Uh... I guess not? I just figured you were fine without it. Dazai never got his eye replaced.

Hunny suggested I do it on day one. Didn't sit well with me. But I was fine replacing my hand, so why did it bother me?

And I realized because it didn't feel fair. To take away something I had in common with Toothless.

[He taps the picture of Toothless in flight. And the rig of ropes and metal that run to his tailfin.] We were both injured in similar ways. I couldn't walk, he couldn't fly....

I don't think it would be a quiet thing, my suffering doing a demon's bidding.

And it definitely wouldn't be quiet that I didn't reunite with my partner.

[rubs his head]

What're you getting at?

The dragon on the roof isn't Toothless. Too big, not hurt, not him.

And that's not the only thing wrong. [And he's pulling out his phone and opening up the gallery.] Look through the pictures.

[Looks at the pictures but doesn't seem alarmed by them]

I don't... so you didn't recognize your own dragon..?

That isn't Toothless. Toothless has a prosthetic tailfin. He literally can't fly without a rider.

And as nice as Tooth is up there...

He's not as smart. He didn't understand me like Toothless does.

Look closer at the picture. Some of those buildings are from F Tokyo.

[looks at them but still doesn't understand]

Yeah, cuz F Tokyo's just a shitty copy of real Tokyo.

...I think you need t'sit down. You're being real weird right now.

But real Tokyo would have people. Not void in the streets. That many places, there has to be tons of people.

But there's no one.

Scythe.

You don't remember what I did as a demon servant. We're in a city that should have tons of people, but doesn't.

...there was a huge fight the other day, people've just cleared out. That's not weird.

It is. There was no one. No. One. Some would be back by now. Looters at minimum.

And more than that....why this life? Why demon hunting mafia?

Specifically why did Silver and I choose it?

Because...

[uuuuuuuuh, shaking his head a little]

You tell me. It's not like I forced you...

I don't like fighting. I can do it as necessary, but I don't like it. Fighting to save the world....its another necessary step.

But I wouldn't be happy with constant fights. But you thought I was.

...you don't wanna be here?

....you're misunderstanding me.

I don't want a life of constant fighting.

I will fight for what's important to me. Even constant fighting. I would fight for Wild City, no question.

But you're the one who enjoys fighting. I don't. Fighting is a chore at best. So why do you think I'm happy with the save the world thing?

...then that's all you had t'say! I'm strong enough that no one needs t'fight if they don't want to. We can find you another job. Or... something. Whatever you wanna do.

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