( that's exactly why i'm worried about collette, he thinks.
because she'd been out there too, hadn't she, and she'd met that - not him (is it?) but who he becomes when b.rabbit's power becomes too overwhelming. when he - hadn't wanted to grieve, and so the chain whispered, destroy. he's worried about what she knows and what she's inevitably going to ask, and the fact that at this moment she knows more about what happened today than either gil or break. it's not a good state of affairs, but he doesn't want either of them to find out - and what's the point?
no, he knows the point. but that doesn't make him any the more eager to talk, either. and there's one more thing he knows, too: that break has always had a way of knowing when the incuse had moved forward another rotation. that break, no matter what he seems, is far from random in where he places his attentions. it hasn't moved in all these months, away from both alice and the abyss, and oz hadn't felt anything to suggest it has now (nor did he the last time, after sablier). it's a suspicion, not something he'll believe until he sees for himself - preferably alone.
except it's break's painful grip more than anything else that tells him alone isn't an option. he stumbles forward right into gilbert when released, feeling a flash of irritation before it gets smothered over by everything else. it's there in his voice when he answers, only after straightening, and not looking at either of them. )
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because she'd been out there too, hadn't she, and she'd met that - not him (is it?) but who he becomes when b.rabbit's power becomes too overwhelming. when he - hadn't wanted to grieve, and so the chain whispered, destroy. he's worried about what she knows and what she's inevitably going to ask, and the fact that at this moment she knows more about what happened today than either gil or break. it's not a good state of affairs, but he doesn't want either of them to find out - and what's the point?
no, he knows the point. but that doesn't make him any the more eager to talk, either. and there's one more thing he knows, too: that break has always had a way of knowing when the incuse had moved forward another rotation. that break, no matter what he seems, is far from random in where he places his attentions. it hasn't moved in all these months, away from both alice and the abyss, and oz hadn't felt anything to suggest it has now (nor did he the last time, after sablier). it's a suspicion, not something he'll believe until he sees for himself - preferably alone.
except it's break's painful grip more than anything else that tells him alone isn't an option. he stumbles forward right into gilbert when released, feeling a flash of irritation before it gets smothered over by everything else. it's there in his voice when he answers, only after straightening, and not looking at either of them. )
Fine.