[Sure, he did his best, but ultimately he only caused Emet-Selch even more pain - be it by killing him, or by killing him so late. If he'd taken him out right at the start, couldn't he have spared him all the rest? But he couldn't have known that in advance.]
Did Hythlodaeus come here with you? We should try to find him.
[Just so he can see that he's really alive and well... and if he isn't here perhaps Emet-Selch can call him. Hijikata is still so shaken up, he wishes he could simply draw the memories of the nightmare's events from the other man's mind and lock them up somewhere, but that'd be an invasion of privacy for sure.]
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[Sure, he did his best, but ultimately he only caused Emet-Selch even more pain - be it by killing him, or by killing him so late. If he'd taken him out right at the start, couldn't he have spared him all the rest? But he couldn't have known that in advance.]
Did Hythlodaeus come here with you? We should try to find him.
[Just so he can see that he's really alive and well... and if he isn't here perhaps Emet-Selch can call him. Hijikata is still so shaken up, he wishes he could simply draw the memories of the nightmare's events from the other man's mind and lock them up somewhere, but that'd be an invasion of privacy for sure.]