[ There's a low growl to the way he says it, so much anger suppressed. It's that mixture of fury and pain that snaps him in the end, a vortex of fire that tears up everything. Maybe it makes him lighter for a little while, but the detritus will build up again: as he lets Makoto walk away, as Mirei chooses her career over their marriage, as Yasuko dies. Yasuko... ]
It was th'same bastards who set me an' Taiga up.
[ He rolls again to look her in the face, frowning. ]
That's th'yakuza, Em. They used us as steppin' stones for their own clout. Shibata had my fuckin' eye taken out because it made him look good. Taiga is gonna be executed so that some Ueno-seiwa bastard could play hero an' look good with his boss.
Then that Ueno fuck blackmailed Yasuko with gettin' her brother free. He had her killin' Shibata's men cuz he was done playin' friends.
[ Betrayals upon betrayals, using their power and influence and violence to manipulate and dispose of anyone in their path. It's not just the hurt he's feeling that he wants her to understand, it's the depths of his concern for everyone in Jigoku-cho. This is an ugly game. ]
no subject
Tired of not havin' a say.
[ There's a low growl to the way he says it, so much anger suppressed. It's that mixture of fury and pain that snaps him in the end, a vortex of fire that tears up everything. Maybe it makes him lighter for a little while, but the detritus will build up again: as he lets Makoto walk away, as Mirei chooses her career over their marriage, as Yasuko dies. Yasuko... ]
It was th'same bastards who set me an' Taiga up.
[ He rolls again to look her in the face, frowning. ]
That's th'yakuza, Em. They used us as steppin' stones for their own clout. Shibata had my fuckin' eye taken out because it made him look good. Taiga is gonna be executed so that some Ueno-seiwa bastard could play hero an' look good with his boss.
Then that Ueno fuck blackmailed Yasuko with gettin' her brother free. He had her killin' Shibata's men cuz he was done playin' friends.
[ Betrayals upon betrayals, using their power and influence and violence to manipulate and dispose of anyone in their path. It's not just the hurt he's feeling that he wants her to understand, it's the depths of his concern for everyone in Jigoku-cho. This is an ugly game. ]