[Honestly, could anyone blame him for being sour at the moment? The past two months has been a slowly accelerating series of aggravating events-- the failed Reverie search, the gnawing anxiety in the Dream Sphere, Crimson, that stupid Nightmare-- and his health going down with it didn't make it any easier. And actually... hadn't this all started because of Ango?? It was hard to summon any of that cheerful energy, even in this wrung out state of his, when all he wanted to do was push the old fart back towards whatever doctor drained him dry and tell them to take another pint of blood for good measure.
... but then, Ango just has to go and say that, withering some of that animosity within him. He hadn't investigated the other man's Disturbance as much as some of the others had while it was happening, but he had caught glimpses of stuff on his trek through that fake city. That cozy circle of friends, growing ever smaller... it was hard to tell at the time what had been picking them off, but now with this context on top of it...
He hated that they had that commonality between them. That guilt. Tsukasa never died, or fully disappeared for that matter, but the gnawing sense of responsibility was still the same; the drive to keep the Dream Sphere safe, so this sort of thing wouldn't need to happen again to others.
... not that he was going to tell Ango any of that, though. Better leave it for his own Disturbance Maybe it would have been appropriate to apologize for his loss, or at least acknowledge the vulnerability he just offered him, but instead, Amane just continues to scroll upon his phone, bangs obscuring his eyes as he's slouches over it.]
I'm sure missing a day of trying to start up an inappropriate work relationship with Ai-senpai or whatever you pass the time doing in the DU offices isn't going affect the Dream Sphere that much.
[Because, noble motive for Dreamerhood aside, this wasn't about that-- this was about him probably causing a train delay by passing out in the tracks and inconveniencing everyone's mornings because he couldn't well enough stay in the hospital when he was feeling like shit!!!]
Not that you're not gonna be much help over there anyway if you're in this state to begin with. It's one thing to give it your all as a Dreamer, but it's kinda pointless if you up and croak in the real world instead.
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... but then, Ango just has to go and say that, withering some of that animosity within him. He hadn't investigated the other man's Disturbance as much as some of the others had while it was happening, but he had caught glimpses of stuff on his trek through that fake city. That cozy circle of friends, growing ever smaller... it was hard to tell at the time what had been picking them off, but now with this context on top of it...
He hated that they had that commonality between them. That guilt. Tsukasa never died, or fully disappeared for that matter, but the gnawing sense of responsibility was still the same; the drive to keep the Dream Sphere safe, so this sort of thing wouldn't need to happen again to others.
... not that he was going to tell Ango any of that, though.
Better leave it for his own DisturbanceMaybe it would have been appropriate to apologize for his loss, or at least acknowledge the vulnerability he just offered him, but instead, Amane just continues to scroll upon his phone, bangs obscuring his eyes as he's slouches over it.]I'm sure missing a day of trying to start up an inappropriate work relationship with Ai-senpai or whatever you pass the time doing in the DU offices isn't going affect the Dream Sphere that much.
[Because, noble motive for Dreamerhood aside, this wasn't about that-- this was about him probably causing a train delay by passing out in the tracks and inconveniencing everyone's mornings because he couldn't well enough stay in the hospital when he was feeling like shit!!!]
Not that you're not gonna be much help over there anyway if you're in this state to begin with. It's one thing to give it your all as a Dreamer, but it's kinda pointless if you up and croak in the real world instead.