[ This is perhaps the only interview where she's willing to afford some measure of trust--not because of sentiment, but experience. Hijikata is many things, most of them unpleasant to her, and yet he has survived their joint missions without the impending threat of her blade.
Some might call it friendship, but they're both too professional to be that delusional. It's hard-earned and easily-lost respect, the sort of trust that only the equally violent and driven can achieve.
He's survived this long because she's never doubted his loyalty to see the mission to its end.
.. but she's still going to enjoy getting to screw with him a bit. Even ice queens need their occasional roast.
Elbows posted, her hands fold neatly into a lattice beneath her chin. ]
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[ This is perhaps the only interview where she's willing to afford some measure of trust--not because of sentiment, but experience. Hijikata is many things, most of them unpleasant to her, and yet he has survived their joint missions without the impending threat of her blade.
Some might call it friendship, but they're both too professional to be that delusional. It's hard-earned and easily-lost respect, the sort of trust that only the equally violent and driven can achieve.
He's survived this long because she's never doubted his loyalty to see the mission to its end.
.. but she's still going to enjoy getting to screw with him a bit. Even ice queens need their occasional roast.
Elbows posted, her hands fold neatly into a lattice beneath her chin. ]
Tell me how you came to work for us, Toushirou.