[The light. He remembered happier times, when they'd studied and trained together. When he knew exactly who and what he was and would be. That was gone now, but Yuuna would never turn her back on him, or look at him with disgust. He knew that, and yet the fear was still there. What if she did? Was he too transformed from the Takeshi she used to know? Is that what he deserved? The thoughts were always there, because the voices never let him forget.]
[And even if she wasn't repulsed by him, he was.]
[He lifts his head to look at her, and he looks lost in a way that she never would have seen in the 'old' Takeshi.]
What future do I have? What am I, now?
[He shudders in pain as the claws of his aching hand dig into the floor of the cave.]
A weapon... I never wanted this. But I have to make use of this hideous body... that's all I can do.
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[The light. He remembered happier times, when they'd studied and trained together. When he knew exactly who and what he was and would be. That was gone now, but Yuuna would never turn her back on him, or look at him with disgust. He knew that, and yet the fear was still there. What if she did? Was he too transformed from the Takeshi she used to know? Is that what he deserved? The thoughts were always there, because the voices never let him forget.]
[And even if she wasn't repulsed by him, he was.]
[He lifts his head to look at her, and he looks lost in a way that she never would have seen in the 'old' Takeshi.]
What future do I have? What am I, now?
[He shudders in pain as the claws of his aching hand dig into the floor of the cave.]
A weapon... I never wanted this. But I have to make use of this hideous body... that's all I can do.
You can't hide from fate.