<span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">The large captain glanced at the other with his good eye before sitting next to him on the bench that had been built into the shelf of the spring. He listened for now merely sipping his drink and enjoying the slight warmth it gave as well as the warmth of the spring. There was much he didn't know about the man he sat next to. Who would have thought he had a love of the stars?<br/>
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Mashi tilted his head before pouring another drink, "I merely know facts about you, Hisoka-san. Facts are easy to gather, and far easier to show than the soul or heart," He murmured, "You don't forget that when you work in my line of work. People do bad things because they need to survive. Those that do it because they enjoy it have lost something that can't ever be gained back. The soul is broken beyond repair."<br/>
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He glanced up at the darkening sky then, "You'll be able to see most of the stars clearly up here," He tilted his head then, "I left staring at the stars when I was a child. It was a child's ambition to touch them rather than the soil beneath my feet, so I left them behind in hopes of being able to live without any regrets. Funny how the regret keeps building."<br/>
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He turned to look at the other more fully then. It made him ache deep within his chest to see the damage he had inflict to the other and believed he had no right to feel the way he did. He didn't have the right to pity them much less feel sorry about his actions. The reasoning being he wouldn't have done if he was going to feel this way. Carefully he reached forward to cup the other's uninjured cheek so he could inspect the wound a bit. He hadn't gone as deep as he originally feared and thanks to the temperature of the blade it kept the wound from bleeding too much.<br/>
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"At this point even if I wanted to I couldn't pull back that email," He admitted softly, "It would take someone a class higher than me to do that. I will do this for you. I'll only let you kill me."</span>