[He stares at her and considers his answer. Gokudera can talk about it. He's done so enough that it feels calloused over.]
Because on one of the worlds before this, I was property. It kept me safe. But now it's malfunctioning...
[And it's not like he doesn't mind having this conversation, and as embarrassing as it would be, he'd rather the pleasure function work as often as the pain. That sensation could range from a sort of warm comfort, or a fluttery excitement, a relief of muscle tension as if he were getting a deep massage, or... sexual pleasure. Just, all sorts of pleasure just the same as the pain function could range from light stinging to unbearably black-out inducing shocks of agony]
no subject
Because on one of the worlds before this, I was property. It kept me safe. But now it's malfunctioning...
[And it's not like he doesn't mind having this conversation, and as embarrassing as it would be, he'd rather the pleasure function work as often as the pain. That sensation could range from a sort of warm comfort, or a fluttery excitement, a relief of muscle tension as if he were getting a deep massage, or... sexual pleasure. Just, all sorts of pleasure just the same as the pain function could range from light stinging to unbearably black-out inducing shocks of agony]