[The reflex is there -- are you sure? -- even though of course Louis is sure, he'd know better than nearly anyone, he'd know the instant it happened. Soon after it is the stumbling, trembling rush of Koby's consciousness, pressing up against the forest-green of Louis's, an act he repeats breathlessly with everyone he cares for here, an act he repeats multiple times daily, like a compulsion. Daniel's presence is gone, absent as if it were never there, and Koby's chest aches with it, thinking of that summer day, out on the grounds, of Daniel smiling and tossing him a bag of chips, of sharing his knowledge, his time, his care when Koby was drowning and scrambling.
And then an exhale, an ache of grief that lies like a fresh coat of paint over the still-tender pain of Luffy, Usopp. Who else. Who next.]
[That's -- something. It's better than the fate that awaits a lot of them. Koby's still for a moment, still feeling out the edges of Louis's forest-colored aura, lingering there like a fretful, blush-colored cloud.
[ as safe as anyone can be from the world of vampires nipping at his heels. but even now, louis doesn't care. feels the power and confidence roaring through his blood as he had then. acceptance. ]
I'll be alright. Safe. Moreso since I'll have you here fretting over me. No world would stand against you and win.
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And then an exhale, an ache of grief that lies like a fresh coat of paint over the still-tender pain of Luffy, Usopp. Who else. Who next.]
Is he safe? At home? Is it
Good there, for him?
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[ there's weight to that. he's been turned - goes without saying. he doesn't want to go into the details. ]
Think he's happy in much the same way as he could be here.
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Then:] If you were to go back, would you be safe?
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[ as safe as anyone can be from the world of vampires nipping at his heels. but even now, louis doesn't care. feels the power and confidence roaring through his blood as he had then. acceptance. ]
I'll be alright. Safe. Moreso since I'll have you here fretting over me.
No world would stand against you and win.