[homophonic] catchall for vash

[dendroculi]

VASH

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[dendroculi]

[she nods slowly]

You don't have to say more if it's hard to.

[piteous]

I wouldn't say it's hard, it's just—frustrating. Knives never listened to me.

[ Angry little brother vibes despite your older twin being a terrorist, except he's serious about it. ]

[dendroculi]

[she reaches over to put a hand on his arm.]

...I've observed a lot of people, and read a lot of stories that have siblings in them... I guess they don't always listen to each other. [...] I wish he had listened to you.

[piteous]

[ ... ]

Sometimes I wonder if... I had tried talking to him sooner, back when we were kids, if things could have been different.

[dendroculi]

[vash :c ]

It's natural to wonder that kind of thing, I think. But... I hope you aren't blaming yourself too much for it. You were both children.

[piteous]

... I'm trying not to. It's not like I would have known.

[ As Nahida said, he was a child. ]

He has taken so many lives already, and...

[dendroculi]

And...?

[ :c ]

[piteous]

... He's still my brother.

[ Whatever that may mean, however she may interpret it. Vash feels awful to say this, especially because Knives has reaped the soil of his world.

But Knives is his brother. ]

[dendroculi]

[she nods.]

...I can understand that. Just because someone makes certain choices... it doesn't make them any less important to you. Isn't that right?

[piteous]

... It doesn't.

[ ... ]

I tried to convince myself for years that I had to kill him, but I don't think I am cut out for that sort of thing in the end.

[dendroculi]

I don't think that's a bad thing.

[piteous]

[ Vash is quiet because he does think of it as his own weakness to not kill him off is what leads to more deaths.

So he just needs a moment. ]

Thank you.

[dendroculi]

[she reaches over to put a hand on his arm.]

...you're welcome.