[He meaningfully placed his right hand on the table.]
My ability is absolute when it comes to countering others - something you've experienced for yourself. [In other words: receiving a physical mark of what should've been an ability-based contact was highly irregular.] They'll work out the rest for themselves. We can't be held accountable for any actions they choose to undertake independently.
[Dazai was an interloper in this situation: he wasn't the Master those other families were expecting.
Besides, Fukuzawa and Kunikida would be familiar with Dazai's terrible habit of not disclosing the full story. That much should become apparent in their later discussion.
Those two layers, of course, didn't address Dazai's reluctance in mentioning that his own death might be seen as a win condition for the other parties involved. Sure, a conflict like this was far from his preferred way to die, and a chance to revive Odasaku - his deepest, most selfish wish that outweighed everything else - was actually a good incentive for him to keep breathing.
Rather, this was simply how he'd become used to operating. The Agency's policy of operating in pairs might have helped him improve, but it was a hard pattern to shake off.]
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
timeasmymeasure
no subject
Date: 2020-09-14 04:23 am (UTC)My ability is absolute when it comes to countering others - something you've experienced for yourself. [In other words: receiving a physical mark of what should've been an ability-based contact was highly irregular.] They'll work out the rest for themselves. We can't be held accountable for any actions they choose to undertake independently.
[Dazai was an interloper in this situation: he wasn't the Master those other families were expecting.
Besides, Fukuzawa and Kunikida would be familiar with Dazai's terrible habit of not disclosing the full story. That much should become apparent in their later discussion.
Those two layers, of course, didn't address Dazai's reluctance in mentioning that his own death might be seen as a win condition for the other parties involved. Sure, a conflict like this was far from his preferred way to die, and a chance to revive Odasaku - his deepest, most selfish wish that outweighed everything else - was actually a good incentive for him to keep breathing.
Rather, this was simply how he'd become used to operating. The Agency's policy of operating in pairs might have helped him improve, but it was a hard pattern to shake off.]