[So that's true, then. That was the news Yamato had managed to hear. Rumors, floating around that distant island following Kaido's wrath at the loss of Doflamingo's business.
And it is so, so very hard to imagine that one sick little boy barely clinging to existence managed to grow up and do such a thing. He wants to be proud, but he's also taken aback by exactly how Law said that just now. He stills a moment, then pulls back just enough to see Law's face. His own is expressive as ever - furrowed brows and lines of worry at the corners of his mouth. Smudged makeup, now, too.]
Law. It wasn't because of you. Never blame yourself. I didn't - I just wanted you to live. To be free.
[Scolding is really not what he wants to do right now, because he can only imagine the monumental amount of effort needed to do what Law did. It's just that he isn't sure how to comprehend the depth of the dedication and love and apparently guilt that it must have taken for Law to decide that that's what he needed to do, and reacting to it is hard.
So after a moment's delay, but certainly not hesitation, he adds quietly,]
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And it is so, so very hard to imagine that one sick little boy barely clinging to existence managed to grow up and do such a thing. He wants to be proud, but he's also taken aback by exactly how Law said that just now. He stills a moment, then pulls back just enough to see Law's face. His own is expressive as ever - furrowed brows and lines of worry at the corners of his mouth. Smudged makeup, now, too.]
Law. It wasn't because of you. Never blame yourself. I didn't - I just wanted you to live. To be free.
[Scolding is really not what he wants to do right now, because he can only imagine the monumental amount of effort needed to do what Law did. It's just that he isn't sure how to comprehend the depth of the dedication and love and apparently guilt that it must have taken for Law to decide that that's what he needed to do, and reacting to it is hard.
So after a moment's delay, but certainly not hesitation, he adds quietly,]
But... thank you.