The fact that Nida had gotten ahead of him meant the boy had two options. Keep going up, or try to get back down… But that would likely result in a similar issue, Nida would still beat him to the bottom of the building and it would be an awkward back and forth until he’d probably tired himself out, and either fallen or gotten caught, anyway.
Mono wanted neither of those things, of course, and so he was stuck dangling from a lower window ledge before he finally pulled himself up more securely and looked up at Nida with a particularly upset expression. He knew Nida was powerful, knew most people here were… and maybe Nida could do things that Mono didn’t know about or could do. But like the man said, he was a warrior. He was someone who did the right thing and helped people. He stopped monsters around the city and guarded it.
It was frustrating to not be able to just accept that and go home… Upsetting to realize he needed to tell the truth and probably watch the expression on the other’s face change to something that would ultimately crush him inside. He didn’t want to look up and see that kind of expression on the fact of someone he cared about, not like he had when Six, standing above him, let him go. “It’s different!” He bit out, scrunching his static filled eyes shut and trying to say what he needed to. “You’re good! You protect people! You stop monsters! But I’m a monster. People aren’t even people in my world anymore and now I know that’s ‘cause of me! I don’t even know how to stop it and sometimes I won’t even wanna stop it!” Mono blurted out, hurt bleeding into his voice as he admitted what he really hadn’t wanted to say to the face of someone he looked up to for such a long time.
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Mono wanted neither of those things, of course, and so he was stuck dangling from a lower window ledge before he finally pulled himself up more securely and looked up at Nida with a particularly upset expression. He knew Nida was powerful, knew most people here were… and maybe Nida could do things that Mono didn’t know about or could do. But like the man said, he was a warrior. He was someone who did the right thing and helped people. He stopped monsters around the city and guarded it.
It was frustrating to not be able to just accept that and go home… Upsetting to realize he needed to tell the truth and probably watch the expression on the other’s face change to something that would ultimately crush him inside. He didn’t want to look up and see that kind of expression on the fact of someone he cared about, not like he had when Six, standing above him, let him go. “It’s different!” He bit out, scrunching his static filled eyes shut and trying to say what he needed to. “You’re good! You protect people! You stop monsters! But I’m a monster. People aren’t even people in my world anymore and now I know that’s ‘cause of me! I don’t even know how to stop it and sometimes I won’t even wanna stop it!” Mono blurted out, hurt bleeding into his voice as he admitted what he really hadn’t wanted to say to the face of someone he looked up to for such a long time.