The Shadow flinched and abruptly recoiled from Aoi, hugging her arms and sulking as she refused to look at him.
Akane didn't really know what to say. Maybe she did feel left out, and merely tolerated for the sake of being Santa's sister, but she never wanted it to be said so harshly. It wasn't as if Duster were a bad person he just...
"You deserve better," Calamity Akane grumbled, frowning at the ground. "He murdered you under someone else's control, and you were more worried that someone else would hurt him. You didn't think twice about his motivations." Her eyes narrowed as she glowered at the ground. "But when you get manipulated, suddenly you're the bad guy, the one who has to prove your trustworthiness to him. That's such bullshit."
Akane flinched and closed her eyes, closing her hands into fists. "I haven't done anything deserving to earn anybody's trust," she confessed, ignoring her shadow in favor of answering her brother. "Not in this world, not in ours. And even knowing that...I still want..." Her head tipped back as she blinked back her tears and stared at the ceiling. "I don't know how to exist without being selfish. If this Halloween taught us anything, it should be that you shouldn't trust me so quickly, Aoi. It's not the same as it was before, I can't see all the pathways anymore. I don't know what's right. I don't even know how to put up a decent fight!" she blurted out with a helpless, tragic laugh. "I keep ruining your chances of happiness, over and over and over. I'm so tired of it! I'm just...tired." She rubbed at her eyes. "I've been tired for a long time, and I don't know what to do anymore."
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Akane didn't really know what to say. Maybe she did feel left out, and merely tolerated for the sake of being Santa's sister, but she never wanted it to be said so harshly. It wasn't as if Duster were a bad person he just...
"You deserve better," Calamity Akane grumbled, frowning at the ground. "He murdered you under someone else's control, and you were more worried that someone else would hurt him. You didn't think twice about his motivations." Her eyes narrowed as she glowered at the ground. "But when you get manipulated, suddenly you're the bad guy, the one who has to prove your trustworthiness to him. That's such bullshit."
Akane flinched and closed her eyes, closing her hands into fists. "I haven't done anything deserving to earn anybody's trust," she confessed, ignoring her shadow in favor of answering her brother. "Not in this world, not in ours. And even knowing that...I still want..." Her head tipped back as she blinked back her tears and stared at the ceiling. "I don't know how to exist without being selfish. If this Halloween taught us anything, it should be that you shouldn't trust me so quickly, Aoi. It's not the same as it was before, I can't see all the pathways anymore. I don't know what's right. I don't even know how to put up a decent fight!" she blurted out with a helpless, tragic laugh. "I keep ruining your chances of happiness, over and over and over. I'm so tired of it! I'm just...tired." She rubbed at her eyes. "I've been tired for a long time, and I don't know what to do anymore."