He could say other things now, and ask a hundred others, but he won't. He will wait for later, after her story is done, when he can finally take in the whole picture and see everything he needs to see. So for now, he continues to listen.
He still notices her use of past tense when she refers to Mochizuki, and guesses at the future that lies in store for him, but his suspicions are still far and away from the unraveling truth he's hearing, and his eyes widen in surprise when she mentions that Mochizuki was a Shadow. Not... human at all. But... that didn't make sense. He had always seen Shadows as beings that existed, but were never really all that sentient, if at all. Mostly mindless things that they'd probably never be rid of.
Guess he was wrong, and that added an element to the Shadows that made some things in Tartarus even more disturbing, considering the possible implications, but nevertheless, that would explain why Aigis would react to him so badly. She probably sensed just what he was in some way or another, even if she couldn't put that feeling into words. And if he had the strength to take her down—
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Then that's all he needs to know.
He could say other things now, and ask a hundred others, but he won't. He will wait for later, after her story is done, when he can finally take in the whole picture and see everything he needs to see. So for now, he continues to listen.
He still notices her use of past tense when she refers to Mochizuki, and guesses at the future that lies in store for him, but his suspicions are still far and away from the unraveling truth he's hearing, and his eyes widen in surprise when she mentions that Mochizuki was a Shadow. Not... human at all. But... that didn't make sense. He had always seen Shadows as beings that existed, but were never really all that sentient, if at all. Mostly mindless things that they'd probably never be rid of.
Guess he was wrong, and that added an element to the Shadows that made some things in Tartarus even more disturbing, considering the possible implications, but nevertheless, that would explain why Aigis would react to him so badly. She probably sensed just what he was in some way or another, even if she couldn't put that feeling into words. And if he had the strength to take her down—
Well, he wasn't an ordinary Shadow.
But that much was all ready obvious.]