How many people are you prepared to sacrifice to talk about it, boy?
How much do you think I care for the people here? How many of them do you think I wouldn't kill to show you and yours what was what? How many of them do you think I can kill before you stop it? You and the rest of the Exorcists.
He doesn't think he won't, which is a Problem. One that he thinks he could tackle on his own, if it came down to it (he could rid Tyki of his Noah himself, put a stop to it before Tyki can follow through on this or any threat)... but he knows the rest of the Exorcists need to know what's going on before anything else happens.
His terms aren't unreasonable. He just wants us to to stop talking about the war in public, right? [ Fine with him after he's already spilled it all to one person and regretted it. ]
There's enough war here already, there's no need to drag ours into it.
So if we slip up, we'll have given him an excuse to kill people? That is unreasonable, Lavi.
I know what he's like. I know what it's like for him, to have that thing in his head. [ Referring to the week he spent in Tyki's body, of course, which he'd completely neglected to mention to Lavi. ] It doesn't have to be this way.
[ and he speaks up after he exhales his latest drag ]
He's bold enough to make such demands, even with two Generals in his proximity. He'll be dealt with accordingly if he goes through with his threat, "immortality" be damned.
[We'd all be damned, she thinks despairingly, and balls her fists where no one can see them.]
So long as we're all here, he is untouchable.
[Completely; Noah's memory need not apply.]
The Initiative will- [ tight: ] bring him back if we do anything to him, and I'm positive there would be hell to pay for it. It isn't the Noah in him which makes him a threat— [ she has seen just as many unforgivable human acts as Noah ones ] it's the will to cause harm.
It's just like Lenalee says, if we go after him we'll just make it worse—
[ Wait, hold the phone. Allen's words are sinking in and really Allen, you should tell him these things because he goes from stony calm to FREAKING THE FUCK OUT. A little.
His voice is definitely rising with sudden urgency. ]
Wait Allen, what do you mean you know what it's like? Did— [ the Fourteenth awaken here too? ]
[Ah, finally, Master decides to speak up. Even if he might not admit it to Cross, the presence of two Generals is a reassurance, to some extent. Tyki's no match for Cross.
But he wants to contest what Lenalee's saying. The will to cause harm is the Noah - he doesn't believe Tyki can be at peace until it's removed from him. He'd be human, purely, he could lead a normal life. But they're still trapped between a rock and a hard place. If they leave Tyki be, there's nothing stopping him from harming others. If attacked, he would retaliate, and Allen doesn't want any innocent people to—
whoa, are you feeling okay, Lavi?]
Oh- sorry. Some months ago, the transport machine malfunctioned, and people swapped bodies. It was only ['only'] a few days, but a Noah's existence... it's terrible.
"Only" a few days, he says. Even a minute would be horrible, let alone days. [ but he is going to shut his mouth on that. ohhh Allen, if you only knew... ]
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voice;
How much do you think I care for the people here? How many of them do you think I wouldn't kill to show you and yours what was what? How many of them do you think I can kill before you stop it? You and the rest of the Exorcists.
Do you think I won't?
-> voice; forwarding this to the exorcist bunch
He doesn't think he won't, which is a Problem. One that he thinks he could tackle on his own, if it came down to it (he could rid Tyki of his Noah himself, put a stop to it before Tyki can follow through on this or any threat)... but he knows the rest of the Exorcists need to know what's going on before anything else happens.
Give him a moment, he's forwarding it now.]
This is from Tyki Mikk.
voice;
voice;
I agree with Lenalee. We can discuss this.
voice;
He's bargaining with human lives! [ Can they really afford to discuss it with a man who's more than willing to start slaughtering civilians? ]
voice;
voice;
There's enough war here already, there's no need to drag ours into it.
voice;
I know what he's like. I know what it's like for him, to have that thing in his head. [ Referring to the week he spent in Tyki's body, of course, which he'd completely neglected to mention to Lavi. ] It doesn't have to be this way.
[HE'S GOT A SWORD. . .]
voice;
He's bold enough to make such demands, even with two Generals in his proximity. He'll be dealt with accordingly if he goes through with his threat, "immortality" be damned.
voice;
So long as we're all here, he is untouchable.
[Completely; Noah's memory need not apply.]
The Initiative will- [ tight: ] bring him back if we do anything to him, and I'm positive there would be hell to pay for it. It isn't the Noah in him which makes him a threat— [ she has seen just as many unforgivable human acts as Noah ones ] it's the will to cause harm.
voice;
[ Wait, hold the phone. Allen's words are sinking in and really Allen, you should tell him these things because he goes from stony calm to FREAKING THE FUCK OUT. A little.
His voice is definitely rising with sudden urgency. ]
Wait Allen, what do you mean you know what it's like? Did— [ the Fourteenth awaken here too? ]
voice;
But he wants to contest what Lenalee's saying. The will to cause harm is the Noah - he doesn't believe Tyki can be at peace until it's removed from him. He'd be human, purely, he could lead a normal life. But they're still trapped between a rock and a hard place. If they leave Tyki be, there's nothing stopping him from harming others. If attacked, he would retaliate, and Allen doesn't want any innocent people to—
whoa, are you feeling okay, Lavi?]
Oh- sorry. Some months ago, the transport machine malfunctioned, and people swapped bodies. It was only ['only'] a few days, but a Noah's existence... it's terrible.
voice;
voice;
Be that as it may— [ and then she, too, cuts herself short ]
voice;
The explanation, absurd as it is, puts him at ease though even as the end of it makes him cringe. ]
I-is that so . . .
[ Give him a moment to compose himself again. Also General, you're really fuckin' terrible, but Lavi doesn't comment on that or the subject further. ]
Anyway, it's best to just agree. There's nothing we can do without making it worse.