[Theirs was a tentative and delicate truce, the sort that was born in an instant and tended to die just as quickly, dependent entirely upon the purpose it served and whether the struggle to maintain it was even worth the inconvenience.
But...it was still a truce.
Forged when they'd pooled together their knowledge to make an ofuda, and again when their fight had concluded before the Leviathan Habitat's sleeping quarters. Given life when they'd worked together to outrun whoever had been following Kit from Green Valley, and once more now when they were both too tired to continue fighting.
It truly was a satisfying sort of fatigue, though. As Vincent accepted his drink, Kit contemplated it as he struggled just to open his own can. If he'd refused to indulge his companion's temper and had better managed his own the way he'd done in the past, it was possible he'd have walked away from their few encounters mostly unscathed. And yet he found that he relished the way his body quivered from exhaustion and strain because it meant that he'd used it to its fullest. Knowing that, how could he possibly have any regrets?]
I'll have to verify for myself whether or not that's true one day.
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But...it was still a truce.
Forged when they'd pooled together their knowledge to make an ofuda, and again when their fight had concluded before the Leviathan Habitat's sleeping quarters. Given life when they'd worked together to outrun whoever had been following Kit from Green Valley, and once more now when they were both too tired to continue fighting.
It truly was a satisfying sort of fatigue, though. As Vincent accepted his drink, Kit contemplated it as he struggled just to open his own can. If he'd refused to indulge his companion's temper and had better managed his own the way he'd done in the past, it was possible he'd have walked away from their few encounters mostly unscathed. And yet he found that he relished the way his body quivered from exhaustion and strain because it meant that he'd used it to its fullest. Knowing that, how could he possibly have any regrets?]
I'll have to verify for myself whether or not that's true one day.