[Stoneface turns his head to look at Juliet when he speaks, a strange expression on his face.]
Compassion is compassion, [he says, simply. He's always been a simple man, and often thinks to himself that he's really not cut out for any of the inner politics that seem to pervade his life; even the secrets of the tree seem to be simpler than that.] It's there or it's not. What's a shinigami? [Was he a murderer? A criminal? Stoneface suspects he was. Nobody who isn't weathered could have watched that battlefield with a smile.
It reminds him of something. It's sickeningly familiar, and Stoneface doesn't like it, and just looking at Juliet, he remembers how badly he wanted to wipe that smile off his face.
But now, wallowing in his own brand of self-pity, Juliet seems anything but emotionless, so there's that. Compassion is a term Stoneface uses loosely, and it's not one he's too sure of himself. What he does know is that people oughtn't smile at death.]
And as long as you don't commit any crimes, your actions are none of my business. But I will say that if somebody kinder than myself catches you smiling at their problems, well, they may not be so forgiving. [This is accompanied by the traces of a humorless grin on his face.]
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Compassion is compassion, [he says, simply. He's always been a simple man, and often thinks to himself that he's really not cut out for any of the inner politics that seem to pervade his life; even the secrets of the tree seem to be simpler than that.] It's there or it's not. What's a shinigami? [Was he a murderer? A criminal? Stoneface suspects he was. Nobody who isn't weathered could have watched that battlefield with a smile.
It reminds him of something. It's sickeningly familiar, and Stoneface doesn't like it, and just looking at Juliet, he remembers how badly he wanted to wipe that smile off his face.
But now, wallowing in his own brand of self-pity, Juliet seems anything but emotionless, so there's that. Compassion is a term Stoneface uses loosely, and it's not one he's too sure of himself. What he does know is that people oughtn't smile at death.]
And as long as you don't commit any crimes, your actions are none of my business. But I will say that if somebody kinder than myself catches you smiling at their problems, well, they may not be so forgiving. [This is accompanied by the traces of a humorless grin on his face.]