[ While vague enough to skirt around indelicate conversation, Dazai is firm in his quiet agreement. There's no place in his mind for accepting encounters without consent, nor when the participation is dubious, coerced or an unanswered question left to ponder later in doubt.
His background may be blackened with old blood, both his and countless others, but even those who've been in the employment of taking lives can harbor a moral compass. He'll never be able to wash his hands free of every sin, but some types of savagery remain hard lines he's never crossed. ]
No, it's merely taking.
[ Dazai's mouth presses into a thin line as the subject takes such a sharp turn he can practically feel the whiplash, then the aftershock of realizing what Linneus means exactly. ]
That's stealing what you want from someone, be it violence or satisfaction.
[ Assaults come in many awful shades of grey, whether sexual or something for the sheer sake of violence. But applying hands ( harsh or not ) to another person without their enthusiastic wants, wishes and excitement - violates them. It's a theft, taking and tearing and yanking away parts of a person's soul.
If their fingers are still linked in touch, then Dazai's will tighten for the shortest moment, affording Linneus a soft squeeze of reassurance. ]
You've seen so much- [ Too much. ] ...but you've not let it destroy you.
Survival may not feel special. But it is, when you thrive despite everything you've been through.
cw: abuse / sexual assault
[ While vague enough to skirt around indelicate conversation, Dazai is firm in his quiet agreement. There's no place in his mind for accepting encounters without consent, nor when the participation is dubious, coerced or an unanswered question left to ponder later in doubt.
His background may be blackened with old blood, both his and countless others, but even those who've been in the employment of taking lives can harbor a moral compass. He'll never be able to wash his hands free of every sin, but some types of savagery remain hard lines he's never crossed. ]
No, it's merely taking.
[ Dazai's mouth presses into a thin line as the subject takes such a sharp turn he can practically feel the whiplash, then the aftershock of realizing what Linneus means exactly. ]
That's stealing what you want from someone, be it violence or satisfaction.
[ Assaults come in many awful shades of grey, whether sexual or something for the sheer sake of violence. But applying hands ( harsh or not ) to another person without their enthusiastic wants, wishes and excitement - violates them. It's a theft, taking and tearing and yanking away parts of a person's soul.
If their fingers are still linked in touch, then Dazai's will tighten for the shortest moment, affording Linneus a soft squeeze of reassurance. ]
You've seen so much- [ Too much. ] ...but you've not let it destroy you.
Survival may not feel special. But it is, when you thrive despite everything you've been through.