[ The likelihood that he would ever reach the point where he would seriously discipline his technique into such a practice is not nearly as high as it would be, if he hadn't spent time at this hotel, but if he hadn't, what might he have considered to strengthen himself while in the Prison Realm? What would he have done, to ensure than when his students set him free, he would be ready to take down the ones who put him there in the first place? What would he sacrifice, to be the strongest that everyone needs him to be?
But he has been here, and...despite retaining his powers and abilities, it's still the most ordinary he's felt in years. A complex realization to grapple with on its own, but no less monumental, that he's thought it at all.
And so Giselle's warning serves to further fortify against his crusade for power, against that which would make him less of a man, and more of a weapon. He can still be fully human, while she cannot.
...He hates that he can't do anything about that. He hates when he feels powerless, but it's not as though he has any capacity to give those missing parts of herself back to her.
...Or does he? ]
Hey, Gigi-chan. Now that you've been here for awhile...has your wish changed at all?
[ Perhaps something of a non sequitur, but she can likely already tell where he is going with this. ]
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But he has been here, and...despite retaining his powers and abilities, it's still the most ordinary he's felt in years. A complex realization to grapple with on its own, but no less monumental, that he's thought it at all.
And so Giselle's warning serves to further fortify against his crusade for power, against that which would make him less of a man, and more of a weapon. He can still be fully human, while she cannot.
...He hates that he can't do anything about that. He hates when he feels powerless, but it's not as though he has any capacity to give those missing parts of herself back to her.
...Or does he? ]
Hey, Gigi-chan. Now that you've been here for awhile...has your wish changed at all?
[ Perhaps something of a non sequitur, but she can likely already tell where he is going with this. ]