It's different, here. Fighting in a war like this.
It was a hard battle for a lot of people. [ A lot of his friends were injured pretty badly.
..Or died. (To protect him.) Even if to die here—it's not necessarily permanent (and unlike how it is with souls and akuma), but...
But he doesn't want to burden Lenalee with that either, who's only just arrived. And who always takes loss so keenly, even if not someone she knows well. Or to... let her know how close to dying he'd come as well. Numerous times. Both when Lux took a spear instead of him, and when he'd nearly lost it holding the ground where she fell.
Because he still won't fight to take someone's life if he can possibly help it. ]
Even fighting to protect someone, even if in the end we won—it's not such an easy thing.
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It's different, here. Fighting in a war like this.
It was a hard battle for a lot of people. [ A lot of his friends were injured pretty badly.
..Or died. (To protect him.) Even if to die here—it's not necessarily permanent (and unlike how it is with souls and akuma), but...
But he doesn't want to burden Lenalee with that either, who's only just arrived. And who always takes loss so keenly, even if not someone she knows well. Or to... let her know how close to dying he'd come as well. Numerous times. Both when Lux took a spear instead of him, and when he'd nearly lost it holding the ground where she fell.
Because he still won't fight to take someone's life if he can possibly help it. ]
Even fighting to protect someone, even if in the end we won—it's not such an easy thing.