[he doesn't really pull away from holding her blood paws in his, almost like he's familiar with it. in a way, he is. one day when they were both still swords matsui left him to go on this mission - and when he came back, everything was different. everything was red.

this feels like that, again.]

... that's a pretty cool title. [softly, like he's still trying to be gentle with her]

That one... That was my first mission, too. [a beat] I didn't even really... realize what was going on until about halfway through it. To call it painful... It doesn't even really come close.