Mitsuru - what he's suggesting is, for this moment, clear as day itself. It's something he's thought of, what with how helpless he's felt while being among the living.
If I were dead, then maybe - things would be different. I'm a Shinigami, I'm more useful dead than alive -
They were 'fake', weren't they? And while their bodies weren't theirs - gigai, essentially - their souls were real. That was something he was sure of, no question.
...But at the same time, he can't - leave Ren and the other Mitsuru and Nine alone to face this, can he?
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Mitsuru - what he's suggesting is, for this moment, clear as day itself. It's something he's thought of, what with how helpless he's felt while being among the living.
If I were dead, then maybe - things would be different. I'm a Shinigami, I'm more useful dead than alive -
They were 'fake', weren't they? And while their bodies weren't theirs - gigai, essentially - their souls were real. That was something he was sure of, no question.
...But at the same time, he can't - leave Ren and the other Mitsuru and Nine alone to face this, can he?
...Can he?]
...Ashikawa...
[He trails off, unsure of what to say.]
...You're saying - that we could both die. Right?