dear_mun | one massive icon-making spree later...

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one massive icon-making spree later...

"Long time no see, mun!"

...is what I wanna say but I can hardly see you under those closed eyes of yours.

[of course, the Saiyan is teasing, but his tone is otherwise gentle and caring]

I gotta say, I'm impressed by how quickly you decided to pick me back up, let alone make a whole bunch of icons after you saw that new Dragon Ball Z movie! Super Saiyan God's grown on you, huh?

Hey, I'm proud of you, but you really need to get some rest. I'll see you later.

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[success! Goku can make some sense of that. ...he hopes. hey he's trying]

Greater than yours? Hmm...

[Goku wasn't questioning it, just trying to piece everything together. when he says that he's different though, the Saiyan takes a chance on that]

Ohh! Is that what you're wondering about? Well, technically I'm not human. I'm from an alien race called the Saiyans. Is that what you mean by different?

*He's trying, too! Being mentally broken and mostly-destroyed empathy is pretty rough. Even though he's surprised - sort of - by the odd info, he takes it in, calculating.*

...Different.

*He briefly closes his eyes, as if tired. Then again, he always looks like he'll pass out where he stands.*

Vibrant.

*Maybe that's clearer...?*

[he's keeping an eye on this man, least he wound up collapsing. Goku was certainly quick enough to catch him if such a thing happened]

Are you talking about my heart? [it was an odd question, but so many people have told him this before so...] Because it's pure?

*At the response, Nano focuses on Goku with a peculiarly sharp look in his eyes. Yes, that's it exactly. He gives a small, slow nod.*

...Maybe... *Is he talking to himself? There's almost a flicker of... something... in his eyes, and then it's gone again.*

But the end... is always the same. The path... is of one route.

*Yup. Mister Chipper right here.*

Well that's a start, at least! [he rubs the back of his head and chuckles at that, not worried about the distance between them as he steps in close and pats the man on his shoulder]

Whatever path this is you're talking about, we're on it together, either way. Now I don't think I got your name before. Do you have one?

... *It's because he didn't give it, silly. Sorry Goku. Living weapons have no na... okay, okay, fine, mun, he'll say it. Not that it makes any difference in his mind.*

...Nano.

*It's not his REAL name but hahaha no, soulless (not literally) soldiers have no names.*

Nano? There you go! Now I got something I can call you.

It's nice to meet you, Nano.

*He just... stares.*

Everywhere, unseen. Captured, not held. No voice, but it is heard.

*It's a riddle. Because he feels like it.*

Hmmm... Oh! Is this a riddle?

Can't be anything food related. You have to see it to eat it, but...

*Nano just waits for a little while, then repeats himself.*

Everywhere, unseen. It can be captured, not held. It has no voice, but is heard.

Uhhmmm...

The wind? You can catch it on sails! It's all around us but we can't see it too! And you can hear it blow but it doesn't have a voice.

[... call him stupid if you want to, he can be creative at times?]

*Hearing that, Nano's eyes widen. People usually don't understand what he's trying to convey. And this stranger... did.

*A faint crack of a smile spreads across his face, but he squishes it down just as quickly as his surprise.*

...Yes.

You remind me... of wind. In a way. Free, despite the one path that all follow.

*It seems he's inspired enough to be coherent for the moment.*

Alright! I finally got one! I'm usually not good at these kinds of things...

[despite his excitement, he listens to Nano's words and what it meant when pertaining to him]

I'm like the wind? Well, asides the fact that you can hear me, I guess that works. I just like to do what I think is right.

*To Nano, who feels he only has one path, and that all others walk the same path, Goku's words remain a mystery to him.*

All use that same reasoning to justify themselves.

*But there's no denying this earnest sort of feeling with Goku. It's strange -- it reminds him of... "him". But they're far from the same.

*He looks away again. Goku doesn't seem to require anything that he can offer. And yet, his company is far from.. unpleasant.*

Even voiceless men are heard. Often the loudest. Do you not hear them? *The call of the corrupt for more. The call of the weak for power that others have.*

You mean like the cries of innocent people who need my help?

*He doesn't refute the response, but his gaze does seem to turn violet again.*

...Not innocent. Such a concept is a figment of the human mind.

Hey, that's not fair. There's plenty of people in the world...or even the universe that are good-hearted. Some people are not as good as others, but most of them don't deserve to suffer at the hands of the evil people I've had to face.

*He's heard that a lot. He'd bring joy to so many people, and yet... he'd become like this all in the name of "the greater good".*

Nothing is black nor white. And yet, they are dyed black.

Those that struggle, struggle, and only in blackness can they then stand over those that struggled after them.

I hear you there. If that was the case, Piccolo or Vegeta would have never redeemed themselves. There's always that gray area.

Redemption....

*He mulls over the word, but says nothing else.*

They were redeemed... because that is the only path available to them.

I'm not so sure about that, Nano. I believe that anyone can change their ways if given the chance.

You can pick your own path if you're strong enough to. You just need to live with the consequences of the path you take.

[like the Red Ribbon Army, Raditz, Frieza, Cell, Majin Buu and countless others did]

But since we're already talking about it, how about you? What's your path?

*The concept of freedom is, unfortunately, lost upon him. Instead, he gives a very innocent - but also very foreboding - answer. The single word he utters is spoken carefully.*

...Ruin.

*As a man-made weapon, his only path is destruction. The only path. Only one. This one. To destroy those that would use his cursed blood. To destroy them all.*

Ruin?

[the thought had occurred to him a couple of times to try this... but he'll refrain for now. he would have asked the man for his consent as well in the first place]

What do you mean? Who are you?

*Nano just blinks at him slowly, as if he doesn't understand why Goku's expression has changed. He honestly, truly, doesn't.*

Ruin. Destruction. Death. All walk this path, unknowingly, or deliberately.

*He's already told Goku who he is. What else does he want?*

[if he was to take what Nano said for face value... he represented these facets of life? Goku found that hard to believe to an extent. but looks could be deceiving after all. Goku's expression is stern, but never hostile as he holds the conversation with this man with a mysterious energy]

Is that what you think? Or maybe...is that what you want to be?

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