Day 12: motive talk

[flamingprick]

[Okay no the fish aren't what's bothering him. What's bothering him is something else entirely.]

You saw the thing we got today, right?

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[suppressthedark]

[Ichigo just shakes his head at the question.]

No - I learned to control and accept him as a part of me, after I got the whole story from my dad. He'd been with me since I was born - him and the other part of Zangetsu. Even if he came out here, he probably wouldn't hurt anyone like that again.

[At least he goddamn hopes so.]

...If we get out of here, I want to help you learn how to control it. Your demon side, I mean - it might be easier if you've got someone with you who's gone through the same thing, right?

[flamingprick]

[YEAH, ABOUT THAT...]

It would be nice, I guess. I mean, I've been figuring stuff out on my own so far, since there's a seal on most of my powers right now and that protects me from the worst of it. But there's not really anyone else to teach this stuff to me, you know? Yukio's as much in the dark about all of this as I am, and Izumo- she's a friend from home- her case is way different from what's up with me. Having someone to learn stuff from, that would speed it all up.

[But the way he talks about it, it's like...well, he DOES want it to happen, and he hopes it can. But at the same time, he knows realistically that it won't.]

[suppressthedark]

[Realistically, yes - they've got a low chance of getting out of there alive, with only three more killing nights to go and the raccoons ramping up their threats to make them kill each other, but...

If they talk about the future, then they have hope.]

Right - I was kind of thrown in the deep end. I had to learn to control my hollow, or get devoured by him as he took control, so I'm not so sure the methods that worked for me will work for you, but... When you lose control over your demon side, do you not have any memory of what you did during it?

[Because with the way Rin was talking before, well..]