[ Vanitas cocks his head, raises his chin so he's staring at Riku from under the angry low slash of his eyelashes, and doesn't back down. ]
You don't know that. How many people have come and gone? How many resets?
[ The numbers are there, revealing; how long the the doctor has been hidden, the fact the Lighthouse Keeper has changed before. That resets have happened not just because people lost their minds, but because the World Eaters came too close. If they had anything the others tried before to go off of, that might change things.
A heartbeat passes, a tension fed into the space between them that might be entirely flooded there because of Vanitas' tumultuous response to this whole situation.
Finally, he eases, putting a sliver of space back between them, his eyes cutting to the side. ]
They eat Light, not the world itself. That's the most important thing.
[ In Vanitas' understanding of things, at least. There are huge mysteries in this place, why they're here, who else might exist beyond those that live in the Night Market— but Vanitas isn't a diplomat. He's a weapon, and a weapon needs a direction. ]
no subject
You don't know that. How many people have come and gone? How many resets?
[ The numbers are there, revealing; how long the the doctor has been hidden, the fact the Lighthouse Keeper has changed before. That resets have happened not just because people lost their minds, but because the World Eaters came too close. If they had anything the others tried before to go off of, that might change things.
A heartbeat passes, a tension fed into the space between them that might be entirely flooded there because of Vanitas' tumultuous response to this whole situation.
Finally, he eases, putting a sliver of space back between them, his eyes cutting to the side. ]
They eat Light, not the world itself. That's the most important thing.
[ In Vanitas' understanding of things, at least. There are huge mysteries in this place, why they're here, who else might exist beyond those that live in the Night Market— but Vanitas isn't a diplomat. He's a weapon, and a weapon needs a direction. ]