There was more menace in the dark, whispered pulses of the crystal over Kalki's hand than Kenshin had seen in all of Chaos' brutal magic. His head leaned slightly back, hoping for some cool wind to dry the sheen of sweat upon his brow, but none came. In Kalki's eyes, he saw a power against which even Hiten Mitsurugi-ryū had never been tested.
But it was his hope that, somewhere behind that power, there was someone who could yet be reached.
He offered his voice to the others', as soft as it could be without being lost amidst the pleas. "Miss...Kalki? This one can offer no easy solace to the pain you have surely known, to lead you to such a decision. He, too, knows what it is to desire the way of things to be redone. He does not fault you for wishing so."
Kenshin was not still as he spoke, moving step by step with sword in hand into a careful angle amidst the Heroes' party. At present, the ones called Tear and Akane were at the foremost of his thoughts. They were still not wholly recovered from Chaos' grievous assault. Whatever else Kalki intended, Kenshin made sure to position himself in step so that any line of attack directed at either of the injured women would have to pass first through him. His body would not prove a truly stalwart shield, but it was offered nevertheless.
"But you will find no answer lies to you at the end of such a course. To bind life and death is not something that is tasked to you. Whatever power you have discovered, it is not meant for you to use to such an end." Though his eyes kept their frown, Kenshin willed a smile to his lips, and his off hand rose from the hilt of his sword to offer invitation. "Give your trust to us, Miss Kalki, and let us seek a better way, together."
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But it was his hope that, somewhere behind that power, there was someone who could yet be reached.
He offered his voice to the others', as soft as it could be without being lost amidst the pleas. "Miss...Kalki? This one can offer no easy solace to the pain you have surely known, to lead you to such a decision. He, too, knows what it is to desire the way of things to be redone. He does not fault you for wishing so."
Kenshin was not still as he spoke, moving step by step with sword in hand into a careful angle amidst the Heroes' party. At present, the ones called Tear and Akane were at the foremost of his thoughts. They were still not wholly recovered from Chaos' grievous assault. Whatever else Kalki intended, Kenshin made sure to position himself in step so that any line of attack directed at either of the injured women would have to pass first through him. His body would not prove a truly stalwart shield, but it was offered nevertheless.
"But you will find no answer lies to you at the end of such a course. To bind life and death is not something that is tasked to you. Whatever power you have discovered, it is not meant for you to use to such an end." Though his eyes kept their frown, Kenshin willed a smile to his lips, and his off hand rose from the hilt of his sword to offer invitation. "Give your trust to us, Miss Kalki, and let us seek a better way, together."