Is it that Dante's tells are showing? Or is it that Togusa's gotten to know him well enough to see past them? "Sullen teenager" is part and parcel of his entire "asshole" persona, after all...
Still, there's a subtle shift to his shoulders that Togusa might notice if he's looking closely. His eyes are still on the desk, but his hands still as Dante tries to tell himself the truth of the officer's words.
It's no different than thinking back on your own past and losing yourself to regrets about actions you might've taken, huh? Is it losing himself in the past? Or is it worrying for his future? Because there's a part of him that's scared of the picture these memories are beginning to paint for him, a part of him that's scared that the idea he'd tossed out to Ardyn months ago--that Retrospec might be trying to make them into the people they're seeing--might be right. Where's the line between this guy that he's remembering and Dante? Yeah, the other him had done bad things... but wouldn't he, if he were fighting for someone he really cared about?
He's falling into that trap that Togusa just warned him against. Dante's breath catches as he realizes it, and he shakes his head, pushing those thoughts aside for now. If you focus on it too much...
"I know. I just don't want..." He has to pause, unprepared for the sudden twist of his goddamn heart. But it makes him finally lift his eyes, and to Togusa he might look entirely unguarded for once, his uncertainty plan in Dirk's orange eyes. "I don't want to lose everything I've got right now because I made the same mistakes he did."
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Still, there's a subtle shift to his shoulders that Togusa might notice if he's looking closely. His eyes are still on the desk, but his hands still as Dante tries to tell himself the truth of the officer's words.
It's no different than thinking back on your own past and losing yourself to regrets about actions you might've taken, huh? Is it losing himself in the past? Or is it worrying for his future? Because there's a part of him that's scared of the picture these memories are beginning to paint for him, a part of him that's scared that the idea he'd tossed out to Ardyn months ago--that Retrospec might be trying to make them into the people they're seeing--might be right. Where's the line between this guy that he's remembering and Dante? Yeah, the other him had done bad things... but wouldn't he, if he were fighting for someone he really cared about?
He's falling into that trap that Togusa just warned him against. Dante's breath catches as he realizes it, and he shakes his head, pushing those thoughts aside for now. If you focus on it too much...
"I know. I just don't want..." He has to pause, unprepared for the sudden twist of his goddamn heart. But it makes him finally lift his eyes, and to Togusa he might look entirely unguarded for once, his uncertainty plan in Dirk's orange eyes. "I don't want to lose everything I've got right now because I made the same mistakes he did."