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sakon76One more piece written out to be typed in later, but for now I must sew.
Aya set his spool of florist's wire back down on the table and looked, not at Omi himself but at the darkness that surrounded him where he sat. "A roiling cloud," he answered, reporting as he saw. "They're more like demons now than men, with claws and fangs."
"Do I know any of them?"
"You know all of them," Aya replied, watching as Ouka slid her arms around her brother's neck and kissed his cheek before flitting off to join the rest of the crowd. She at least retained her human appearance, for which Aya was glad. "Most of them want you dead so they can hurt you."
"'Most'?" Omi demanded, his gaze catching Aya's.
Aya didn't look away. "You know who," he said quietly, "Bombay."
"She's not like--"
"No, she's not," Aya interrupted. He'd lost track of Ouka in the crowd now. "She likes you. Think of her as your guardian spirit if you like."
Omi dropped his forehead to rest on a balled fist, his eyes closed. "I didn't think she was with me."
"She's not suffering," Aya reported, "and she doesn't seem to mind."
"Do Ken-kun and Youji-kun have anyone like her?"
"No. Neu seems to spend her time either crying or trying to strangle Youji. Kase rides Ken's back like Ken rides a bike."
Omi looked green. "And you see this?"
Aya nodded. "Sight, apparently, can't be turned off. Not even if one is blinded." Which Sumeragi half was, so presumably he knew what he'd been talking about.
Omi's eyes were on him again. "Aya-kun, do you have anyone like her?"
"No." Aya watched Hirofumi snarl defiantly at Ouka and claw ineffectually through Omi's head. Omi didn't even blink. He couldn't see and he couldn't feel. He was blind and deaf to the demons who would tear his soul apart the moment his body died.
And no one could save Omi from that.
"When you die, they'll destroy you," Aya murmured.
Omi had a wonderful poker face, he reflected. "If that's my fate, Aya-kun, and it's the justice meted out on /me/ for what I've done, so be it. There are some things you can't fight."
Aya set his spool of florist's wire back down on the table and looked, not at Omi himself but at the darkness that surrounded him where he sat. "A roiling cloud," he answered, reporting as he saw. "They're more like demons now than men, with claws and fangs."
"Do I know any of them?"
"You know all of them," Aya replied, watching as Ouka slid her arms around her brother's neck and kissed his cheek before flitting off to join the rest of the crowd. She at least retained her human appearance, for which Aya was glad. "Most of them want you dead so they can hurt you."
"'Most'?" Omi demanded, his gaze catching Aya's.
Aya didn't look away. "You know who," he said quietly, "Bombay."
"She's not like--"
"No, she's not," Aya interrupted. He'd lost track of Ouka in the crowd now. "She likes you. Think of her as your guardian spirit if you like."
Omi dropped his forehead to rest on a balled fist, his eyes closed. "I didn't think she was with me."
"She's not suffering," Aya reported, "and she doesn't seem to mind."
"Do Ken-kun and Youji-kun have anyone like her?"
"No. Neu seems to spend her time either crying or trying to strangle Youji. Kase rides Ken's back like Ken rides a bike."
Omi looked green. "And you see this?"
Aya nodded. "Sight, apparently, can't be turned off. Not even if one is blinded." Which Sumeragi half was, so presumably he knew what he'd been talking about.
Omi's eyes were on him again. "Aya-kun, do you have anyone like her?"
"No." Aya watched Hirofumi snarl defiantly at Ouka and claw ineffectually through Omi's head. Omi didn't even blink. He couldn't see and he couldn't feel. He was blind and deaf to the demons who would tear his soul apart the moment his body died.
And no one could save Omi from that.
"When you die, they'll destroy you," Aya murmured.
Omi had a wonderful poker face, he reflected. "If that's my fate, Aya-kun, and it's the justice meted out on /me/ for what I've done, so be it. There are some things you can't fight."
