Picked back up again...

[burnedroad]

You know just because you want to have me in your head again doesn't mean it's gonna work out. I mean come on, you've tried it out a second time already and that was a major flop. You can't go blaming it on the place being dead either. You had your plate fuller than it should've been.

Tch, just let me go back in that graveyard. It's better in there anyway. Even if it's getting crowded.

Comments

2/2, sorry!

[affirmed]

[But, ah...]

Why wouldn't you want to be back, though?

You're fine, used to tl;dr/multi-parts with Allens!

[burnedroad]

[He's heard from others that in their worlds Japan is destroyed, glassed, but it's not his Japan. The worst the Noah can do in his world is get all the Regalia and rule the skies and roads. The Exorcists and the other teams won't let that happen.

Though in theirs some people died still. And some people didn't. Anita was a strong leader in theirs. Alma was another matter entirely.]

Home is where I'm comfortable. Home is where I have the skies to Run in.

[Lavi takes his hands out of his pockets and crosses his chest with them.]

Because the last time I was out she turned me into a girl. Had me back with the one person I want dead. Not a good time in my life. Who'd want that lingering over their head?

Yeah, he talks a lot!

[affirmed]

[He really could have gone without knowing that there was a possibility of being turned into a girl, Lavi. Really.

(Though, logically, if there could be truth to the fact that there are multiple worlds, is that possibility at all rather--

-- no, no. He'd rather just not think about it.)

Right. He's just going to pretend like he hadn't heard that part.]

Does it have to "linger" over your head at all?

[Do you smell the incoming jesusing yet?]

[burnedroad]

[You were the one asking questions, Allen. Would you rather Lavi lie about the whole thing?

(He'd love to hear about a train that went no where, just around and around, but right now Lavi doesn't have those memories anymore.)]

If there's one thing I've learned, you can't outrun the past. No matter how fast you can Run.

[His hasn't Jesused at him in a while.]

[affirmed]

[His expression flickers a little, tightens. Ah--]

No. [It's softly said, like remembering something from a long time ago. Something painful and sad, and yet fond. His lips pull back into that smile again.

Gentle.] No, you can't.

But.

[... heh.]

You can't keep moving forward, if you're always looking back.

Even if you've had a lot of bad things happen in the past, you can't let yourself forget that there's always a future, that there's something for you up ahead. You just have to...

[Mm.]

... you just have to keep walking.

Ah, you know what they say: whatever doesn't kill you will always make you stronger.

[Smile.]

[burnedroad]

[This face?

This is a face that has heard all the words before and while they normally make an impact when his captain says them...

Well, it's just not the same with an Allen he doesn't know and doesn't trust.]

Just what I need, a stronger Tyki to take down. Thanks. [Because they thought they killed him but turns out he's still kicking as a half-cyborg...]