[...it was an excuse. He'd heard a speech similar to this before, and that was what he thought then...]
[...so why was he having trouble just agreeing with himself that this was the same Adachi as the one he faced before? Was the fact that somewhere in the multiverse he would agree to disregard everything he had fought for over the year affecting him that badly?]
[He could feel his palms sweating, his stomach twisting itself into knots. The confidence he had before, back in the TV world, was dwindling away really fast.]
[Who was he, really?]
...I pity you.
[He had said it before, and it still rang true; he pitied Adachi for not being able to see the good in the world. It was there, shining brilliantly, and he knew that he couldn't use the excuse of his position to say that it was impossible to see. His uncle could see it, knew he had it in Nanako despite all the hard times they had been through, and had been knee deep in the dregs of society for longer than Adachi had been.]
[...it was still hard to say with the new knowledge he had.]
Never apologize for brilliance. <3
[...so why was he having trouble just agreeing with himself that this was the same Adachi as the one he faced before? Was the fact that somewhere in the multiverse he would agree to disregard everything he had fought for over the year affecting him that badly?]
[He could feel his palms sweating, his stomach twisting itself into knots. The confidence he had before, back in the TV world, was dwindling away really fast.]
[Who was he, really?]
...I pity you.
[He had said it before, and it still rang true; he pitied Adachi for not being able to see the good in the world. It was there, shining brilliantly, and he knew that he couldn't use the excuse of his position to say that it was impossible to see. His uncle could see it, knew he had it in Nanako despite all the hard times they had been through, and had been knee deep in the dregs of society for longer than Adachi had been.]
[...it was still hard to say with the new knowledge he had.]