[Oh. Oh. To make Mukuro experience that again- was it worse this way, experiencing it all anew, or would it have been crueler to have him live that out a second time with context for the helplessness?]
[Because he knows their leader has always kept it well under wraps, but Chikusa can read between the lines. A child doesn't experience that kind of thing and come away unscathed.]
[...And they were children, once.]
[It takes him a while to respond, guilt wracking him to the core and fingers trembling.]
I'm sorry. I didn't want that to happen. I swear I'll make it up to you.
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[Because he knows their leader has always kept it well under wraps, but Chikusa can read between the lines. A child doesn't experience that kind of thing and come away unscathed.]
[...And they were children, once.]
[It takes him a while to respond, guilt wracking him to the core and fingers trembling.]
I'm sorry. I didn't want that to happen. I swear I'll make it up to you.