[ — there is quite possibly nothing else she could have said that would struck him as hard as that does.
Not someone who left (had to leave) the place he'd loved the most and felt such a belonging to because of what he fundamentally was. Not just for becoming a Noah and endangering them—but for being an Exorcist who would cry for the sake of akuma and wish to save even their enemies.
If they knew.
Mouth dry, he blinks rapidly for a moment, again not for it having anything to do with his sight. Shakes it off almost immediately because that's too eerily close for a second, not something he ever expected to feel so closely related, and he presses his lips together for a moment as he considers that. If she felt she couldn't let anyone know about her abilities because she would be.. shunned? Considered dangerous?
Even if her power was something that seemed so generally... good?
1/2
Not someone who left (had to leave) the place he'd loved the most and felt such a belonging to because of what he fundamentally was. Not just for becoming a Noah and endangering them—but for being an Exorcist who would cry for the sake of akuma and wish to save even their enemies.
If they knew.
Mouth dry, he blinks rapidly for a moment, again not for it having anything to do with his sight. Shakes it off almost immediately because that's too eerily close for a second, not something he ever expected to feel so closely related, and he presses his lips together for a moment as he considers that. If she felt she couldn't let anyone know about her abilities because she would be.. shunned? Considered dangerous?
Even if her power was something that seemed so generally... good?
What was he missing? ]