[maybe, then, that's why he's the villain -- he doesn't want to bleed, doesn't want to hurt. maybe he's the villain because when he does (and god, he does and often, that a constant, a hard truth of his world, of Chicago long before he decided to use his powers for self-gain), it makes him bitter, not better. maybe they're just cut from different cloth, and that's all there is to it]
[either way, rather than respond to that, right off, he finally lifts his coffee mug to take a sip, using it to try and steady himself. he's not sure it works. he feels so fucking raw in the wake of his anger, now. what is it they say that comes after that anger, in grief? depression?]
More than feels smart, most days.
[because some day, someone will use that against him. because some day Akechi will turn on him, like Aiden did. the same old story beats repeat over and over and over again, throughout his life]
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[either way, rather than respond to that, right off, he finally lifts his coffee mug to take a sip, using it to try and steady himself. he's not sure it works. he feels so fucking raw in the wake of his anger, now. what is it they say that comes after that anger, in grief? depression?]
More than feels smart, most days.
[because some day, someone will use that against him. because some day Akechi will turn on him, like Aiden did. the same old story beats repeat over and over and over again, throughout his life]