[ Cain stiffens. He can feel the way his whole body goes tense, the way his hand flinches toward his sword. Just Takasugi's presence is enough to have a hot surge of anger shooting through him.
Don't you want revenge?
It's the worst sort of irony that Takasugi is standing there, asking him that. A terrible double meaning. Cain wonders if Takasugi intends it — does he want revenge on the ones who destroyed Torhid, who took his peaceful, happy life from him? Who killed his brother?
Does he want revenge on Takasugi who betrayed him, who helped the men who kidnapped him, who tortured Percival right in front of him?
For once, Cain finds he does.
But not with a sword. He won't give Takasugi that satisfaction, at least not yet — he pulls his hand from the hilt, his mouth set in a grim line — he won't give Takasugi the satisfaction of an answer to that question, either, at least not to the question Cain thinks Takasugi really wants answered.
He turns and swings, putting his weight and momentum into the punch, aimed right at Takasugi's face. And this time, if Takasugi tries to knife him for it, he won't hesitate to defend himself; he'll be quick to draw his sword if need be. ]
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Don't you want revenge?
It's the worst sort of irony that Takasugi is standing there, asking him that. A terrible double meaning. Cain wonders if Takasugi intends it — does he want revenge on the ones who destroyed Torhid, who took his peaceful, happy life from him? Who killed his brother?
Does he want revenge on Takasugi who betrayed him, who helped the men who kidnapped him, who tortured Percival right in front of him?
For once, Cain finds he does.
But not with a sword. He won't give Takasugi that satisfaction, at least not yet — he pulls his hand from the hilt, his mouth set in a grim line — he won't give Takasugi the satisfaction of an answer to that question, either, at least not to the question Cain thinks Takasugi really wants answered.
He turns and swings, putting his weight and momentum into the punch, aimed right at Takasugi's face. And this time, if Takasugi tries to knife him for it, he won't hesitate to defend himself; he'll be quick to draw his sword if need be. ]