（ it isn't quite said so quickly as to be frantic, but there's a finality to it. absolute certainty. he sits up, makes eye contact, still holding sasuke's hand between them. ）
I appreciate the offer, but no. What's up here — （ a knock against the side of his head with his free hand. ） is only mine. Even if it was going to give me something of myself back. There's nothing in there I need so desperately I'd risk exposing you to the realities of what I've done.
（ and without knowing what that ability entails, without knowing the power behind it — there's a chance it could put him within spitting distance of kulo vayn. he already knows that creature would love to put his hand around sasuke's throat and squeeze, would love to pin him beneath the weight of cy's body and make him fucking bleed. it's there, that urge, that dark tilt shift in his mind, every time he looks at the kid. warborne, touched by death and pain and loss and grief and power. kulo vayn would have prided itself on beating him down to nothing.
only three people ever survived it. only three, in a thousand fucking years.
cy leans in, and kisses sasuke's forehead. leans against him, breathing the same air. ）
no subject
（ it isn't quite said so quickly as to be frantic, but there's a finality to it. absolute certainty. he sits up, makes eye contact, still holding sasuke's hand between them. ）
I appreciate the offer, but no. What's up here — （ a knock against the side of his head with his free hand. ） is only mine. Even if it was going to give me something of myself back. There's nothing in there I need so desperately I'd risk exposing you to the realities of what I've done.
（ and without knowing what that ability entails, without knowing the power behind it — there's a chance it could put him within spitting distance of kulo vayn. he already knows that creature would love to put his hand around sasuke's throat and squeeze, would love to pin him beneath the weight of cy's body and make him fucking bleed. it's there, that urge, that dark tilt shift in his mind, every time he looks at the kid. warborne, touched by death and pain and loss and grief and power. kulo vayn would have prided itself on beating him down to nothing.
only three people ever survived it. only three, in a thousand fucking years.
cy leans in, and kisses sasuke's forehead. leans against him, breathing the same air. ）
But it's kind of you to want to help.