[He was used to a brisk walk through Death City. He was even used to having a look on his face that made people cross the street and try the other sidewalk instead, but today he wouldn't let it bother him. His heart and stomach jumped around, a product of the resonance as he took advantage of his general outward unpleasantness to get where they needed to go. Saving the city was good. He wanted to do that. Helping to save the world was good, too. Check. But right now he wanted to see to just one person; sure she was his partner and together they managed to kick some serious ass, and any Meister had to look out for their Weapon...]
[...but she meant more to him than any of that methodical crap. He loved her, and her symptoms honestly scared him. He'd been so cocky during their missions lately, even in the face of fighting something they haven't before, most witch encounters ending in fleeing the scene before they saw you. But why hadn't Shibusen noted any of this? Didn't that Sephiroth guy feel like this right up until they met their witch? Did they all keep it shut up, hoping any future near-Deathscythes would deal with it? He wasn't sure if he liked the idea of being kept in the dark about that, but it wasn't changing his mind about the school. No. If anything it disappointed him; he was just as much at fault for her being like this, and he wanted to make it right.]
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[...but she meant more to him than any of that methodical crap. He loved her, and her symptoms honestly scared him. He'd been so cocky during their missions lately, even in the face of fighting something they haven't before, most witch encounters ending in fleeing the scene before they saw you. But why hadn't Shibusen noted any of this? Didn't that Sephiroth guy feel like this right up until they met their witch? Did they all keep it shut up, hoping any future near-Deathscythes would deal with it? He wasn't sure if he liked the idea of being kept in the dark about that, but it wasn't changing his mind about the school. No. If anything it disappointed him; he was just as much at fault for her being like this, and he wanted to make it right.]