It's lucky he's already swallowed the bread in his mouth, otherwise he would've had a real threat of choking on it. ]
You want to cover me in Darkness?
[ It isn't exactly what Riku is saying, at least not in the vocabulary of the universe they come from— but their lanterns are an extension of them so really, is it that much of a stretch? What tickles him isn't the idea that Riku is postulating because really, it's clever. Cover the light with the dark, the easiest way to smother it's existence. Not to put it out, but to hide it. Vanitas understands that. He knows how much can hide in the shadows.
What's funny to him is that Riku is suggesting it at all. Physical, verbal proof of his willingness to use the Darkness.
However thrown he'd been by the little altercation with the drink completely evaporates. For a moment, Vanitas becomes as animated as he'd been before he started letting himself sink further and further into black apathy. His yellow eyes glitter. ]
And what do you think you're going to glean from that? Are you worried about tainting someone with it, so you're going to see if I'll notice?
What incentive do I have to tell you the truth, Riku?
[ He turns his body fully toward the other boy, putting one elbow on the counter, opening up his free hand. Something about the gesture suggests he's expecting Riku to place his proof right there in his palm. ]
You realize that's the sort of thing I thrive off of, right?
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It's lucky he's already swallowed the bread in his mouth, otherwise he would've had a real threat of choking on it. ]
You want to cover me in Darkness?
[ It isn't exactly what Riku is saying, at least not in the vocabulary of the universe they come from— but their lanterns are an extension of them so really, is it that much of a stretch? What tickles him isn't the idea that Riku is postulating because really, it's clever. Cover the light with the dark, the easiest way to smother it's existence. Not to put it out, but to hide it. Vanitas understands that. He knows how much can hide in the shadows.
What's funny to him is that Riku is suggesting it at all. Physical, verbal proof of his willingness to use the Darkness.
However thrown he'd been by the little altercation with the drink completely evaporates. For a moment, Vanitas becomes as animated as he'd been before he started letting himself sink further and further into black apathy. His yellow eyes glitter. ]
And what do you think you're going to glean from that? Are you worried about tainting someone with it, so you're going to see if I'll notice?
What incentive do I have to tell you the truth, Riku?
[ He turns his body fully toward the other boy, putting one elbow on the counter, opening up his free hand. Something about the gesture suggests he's expecting Riku to place his proof right there in his palm. ]
You realize that's the sort of thing I thrive off of, right?