IN THE FOREST OF THE LOST

[beathollow]

it's all too perfect.

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[vogelfrei]

[ That's a lot. Even McGillis can understand that it's a horrible cage that Mafuyu is being locked into.

When he molded himself into the perfect golden boy, he'd done so out of his own will. To survive. To succeed. Everything he'd done, he'd done for himself - but that also meant he always knew what the purpose was at the core of it.

In a strange way, maybe not having known the same kind of rock bottom that McGillis comes from makes it harder for Mafuyu to struggle through something like this. Makes it feel pointless, with no goal at the end of it. ]

[beathollow]

A blue light floats beside him, and for a moment McGillis might see the image of a man. But it's gone just as quickly.

You understand.

[vogelfrei]

[ Ah... Interesting. ]

I do.

[ A house that suffocates you, with a parent who makes you feel like you're drowning in a pit of tar. An obedient child, allowing themselves to be smothered for what- for what- for what- ]

[beathollow]

She couldn't afford to keep me. But you can.


Don't waste it.

[vogelfrei]

I'm not in the habit of wasting things.

[ What do you take him for, blue light? ]

Why didn't she 'keep' you?

[beathollow]

What does bearing your fangs to someone who doesn't even see you as human do? Justify treating you as a beast.

I am KAITO. I am her anger and fury, locked away for years, because she had to live more than she had to defend herself.




I am very tired of being locked away.

[vogelfrei]

Hidden anger can burn just as hotly. It can become fuel in the furnace to sustain yourself.

[ Speaking from experience here. ]

But I do believe you're right. It's finally time to let you run wild.

[beathollow]

There's a reason I'm drawn to people like you, and not others.

But I am a guide above all else. I can't fight for you. But we can provide clarity when you need it. And you will need it.

[vogelfrei]

You can't fight for me, but I can fight for you - for her, if that is what she desires.

Until the time she can become one with you again.

[beathollow]

The light is silent, and then McGillis will feel a tight squeeze of his shoulder. The flicker of a man appears again, and its clear to see he's equal parts furious (always furious), concerned and relieved- Mafuyu is a child who's been worn down to nothing, she can't stand alone the way they both wish she could yet.

Thank you.