He's quiet for a second, thinking. What Bakugo just described sounded like a scenario designed to ensnare him specifically. Flashy, outsized, demanding as much power in return as it put out. Demanding that he play the biggest, baddest hero. Memories of his own experience filter through as he mulls it over. A night patrol; a sudden altercation. A dread so deep it felt unnaturally placed inside of him, like a worm, a poison. A villain who knew more than his name; a savior reaching from the darkness. Calling this way, this way. Calling help me.
The situation wasn't rational. ]
I'm not entirely sure that what I experienced was real.
[ At the same time, he's awash in his own and his student's very real emotions, in foreign images that are nevertheless sparkling clear. ]
no subject
Of course.
[ Which means: I'm glad you're safe.
He's quiet for a second, thinking. What Bakugo just described sounded like a scenario designed to ensnare him specifically. Flashy, outsized, demanding as much power in return as it put out. Demanding that he play the biggest, baddest hero. Memories of his own experience filter through as he mulls it over. A night patrol; a sudden altercation. A dread so deep it felt unnaturally placed inside of him, like a worm, a poison. A villain who knew more than his name; a savior reaching from the darkness. Calling this way, this way. Calling help me.
The situation wasn't rational. ]
I'm not entirely sure that what I experienced was real.
[ At the same time, he's awash in his own and his student's very real emotions, in foreign images that are nevertheless sparkling clear. ]
But I can't deny that it was effective.