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『伊達政宗』 ᴅᴀᴛᴇ "LET ME DO IT KOJURO" ᴍᴀsᴀᴍᴜɴᴇ ([personal profile] wardance) wrote 2016-11-03 02:42 am (UTC)

[ It hurts for some reason. He's not even sure why, but by the time Gilgamesh presents his intent for telling such a story, Masamune can only open his mouth and have nothing able to spill from it and so he closes it once more. He gets it but he also sees a flaw in where he has no purpose still and yet that lion was able to. That is disheartening, but not nearly as much as the immense empathy he is experiencing and he feels sad and happy and angry all at once for this animal in a story he doesn't even know is true or not.

Masamune only imagines his fractured emotional response comes from the illness.
]

... Because that lion loved you so much. For you, for your people and the kingdom that belonged to you he found purpose even though—

[ ... Perhaps the lion never noticed. Perhaps it thought being released was for it to protect its master and his city and that was why it always made sure to return.

In one sense, that is the type of death any warrior would wish for: under the impression of serving their lord or country and fighting for something important, whether because it was personally important or because it was to the one they held most dear.

It doesn't help Masamune find a way to seek a purpose here as he does not have what this lion had (or perceived it had, he doesn't know), but it is terribly humbling, nevertheless. The young warlord can't even bring himself to finish a sentence—he can't finish any desire to completely feel one way or another.

It sucks. But, maybe he needed this, even if only to take his mind temporarily off feeling bad for himself. It's pathetic to get upset over a creature like this through a story merely visualized by words. But, so is a lot of other stuff he's been doing so what's one more?
]

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