[ It is a little out of left field, especially in this situation— he'd think that the safety of the perpetrators would be the last thing on her mind— but he answers with some sense of conviction after a beat of silence, of listening to her heartbeat to gauge her intentions.
(She isn't harmless, but she isn't malicious, either; at least, he thinks that that's what her heart is trying to say.) ]
It's a line I'm not willing to cross.
[ That's it: not "I don't like killing", or "I think it's wrong". It's the line he's drawn, a principle. His weakness and his strength. His hypocrisy, but he'll never profess to be a good person, no.
He smiles, not that she can see it. ]
Miss Asagami. Are you involved in anything dangerous right now?
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(She isn't harmless, but she isn't malicious, either; at least, he thinks that that's what her heart is trying to say.) ]
It's a line I'm not willing to cross.
[ That's it: not "I don't like killing", or "I think it's wrong". It's the line he's drawn, a principle. His weakness and his strength. His hypocrisy, but he'll never profess to be a good person, no.
He smiles, not that she can see it. ]
Miss Asagami. Are you involved in anything dangerous right now?