[Emet-Selch's struggle to keep himself together is honestly more alarming than all the destruction - at least Hijikata can remind himself over and over again that the scenario is just a nightmare, but seeing the usually assured and authoritative man so resigned and defeated is plain disconcerting (not that he can blame him, given that to him this isn't an abhorrent dream but events that are unfolding in real time).]
Is there any alternative? This summoning is our last chance, isn't it? Whatever it takes, you're doing it, so I will too!
[Never mind that he's totally out of his depth, still has no idea what exactly is going on and who or what Zodiark is, never having seen the will of a star before - in the worst case perhaps dying will really wake them both up from this, much as he'd prefer to avoid that experience. In any case his determination to stay is firm, given the presence of their friends in the assembled crowd.]
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Is there any alternative? This summoning is our last chance, isn't it? Whatever it takes, you're doing it, so I will too!
[Never mind that he's totally out of his depth, still has no idea what exactly is going on and who or what Zodiark is, never having seen the will of a star before - in the worst case perhaps dying will really wake them both up from this, much as he'd prefer to avoid that experience. In any case his determination to stay is firm, given the presence of their friends in the assembled crowd.]