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Lifting his gaze to properly look over his new patient allowed him to see the tension in her features. He mentally categorized symptoms and could at least conclude it wasn't a heat stroke. Nothing so serious, at least at the moment. Though in Raphael's experience it was at least a positive thing that she came in on her own volition. There were more than a few Umas that would have to be dragged in here. She may not even be in heat exhaustion, but it was better to monitor the situation and accordingly. No need to overreact though.

The doctor got up from his seat and gestured to a nearby bed. Laying down would likely be better for her than simply sitting in his chair. At the very least give a larger surface area from which to dissipate the heat than a closed-in sitting posture.

"Of course. Heat-related illnesses can easily exacerbate. You can rest on this bed over here. Though I would like to take your vitals so I can monitor as needed. Your name, please?"

"...You know of all the things I thought you would hire a maid service for... tutoring isn't one of those things," Kawakami sighed as she sat across from her student going over his homework. She was glad she wasn't going to be made to clean today, but still it felt like such an odd request given how much the rates were. Was cram school really so expensive these days? More importantly, where was he getting this kind of money?

It wasn't any of her business. Being nosey and helpful was what got her into this mess in the first place.

yeah that's exactly my perspective on lysandre as well which is why i think that his narrative in xy aged like milk

the plot glazes him a LOT like there's a lot of jokes about professor sycamore being completely oblivious to lysandre being evil but none of the characters are allowed to outright say that he's wrong everyone describes him as misguided or overly intense or someone who made some points that they can't fully refute even when it's wildly out of character for them to do so which shows the intention the writers had for him to be seen as very complex

(and it's also why people who just want to hate on xy without actually engaging with it on a serious level at all think lysandre's the best thing since sliced bread it's less that he's a really good character and more that the story tells you that he's a really good character)

the thing is that at the end of the day the moral dilemma he presents basically consists of do poor people deserve to live

which is like not a moral dilemma if you're even a slightly decent person but also We're All Adults Here We're Well Aware Of The State Of The World a new dumbass rich person shows up every week thinking they figured out the mysteries of the universe and have the answer for world hunger and misery and it's always just trampling on poor people because they don't see anyone below their social status as an actual person

we all know someone like lysandre whose ideology consists of hate under a veneer of intellectualism and selflessness, people who act like they're enlightened about the needs of the world and preach about the importance of being austere and self-sacrificial when in reality they just want everything for themselves, and who at the same time are constantly coddled and told that they're eccentric, passionate visionaries as a way to excuse their bad behavior and end up thinking that they're so above everyone else that they can fix all of the world's problems as if it's just a game to them and not something that affects many other people

if i were to hit him with the Amano Beam and write him according to my vision i wouldn't play him as a misunderstood fallen hero who was genuinely trying to improve the world and got lost along the way, i would play him as someone who's out of touch with reality and wants to give himself an ego boost by playing hero and toying with millions of lives because he fundamentally doesn't see common people as people, and who got this far without being reprimanded enough or facing consequences for his actions because he's a billionaire, a ceo, a tech genius, a rich heir, descended from royalty, a prodigy etc etc etc and because of that people keep giving him tons of chances over and over because they tend to assume he has some higher vision that they can't perceive instead of being selfish, corrupted and most importantly wrong

Meme || Accepting!

A nice break before things got hectic again. He ran his fingers through her hair and gently her eyes open. Bring a hand to intertwine with his own. Nuzzling the back of his hand with her cheek. Then she sat up. Cupping his face just to kiss his forehead.

In a blink she was gone. Deep down he knew she had left him. He was too clingy. Too needy. Not only that but he couldn’t protect her anymore. He wasn’t needed. All that was left was a picture of her living a life without him in it completely.

Andrew woke up feeling only how he could describe as hollow. Slowly he would come to his senses. Feeling his sister's hot breath right on his neck, Making it sticky and uncomfortable but, not as much as the way her fingers were digging into his ribs she was holding him so tight.

It was almost suffocating the way she wrapped herself around him.

The Mountain could not destroy, and so could not, in its true form, consume. It could only create a space within itself, pushing Matter apart to envelop this small piece of converted Energy.

It was a space made only for this piece of him. One built to wrap around it, not to pierce or to dissolve, but to... Accept him. This piece of him would become a piece of them.

The feeling was exceptional, if not terrifying at the same time. It was merely a tiny Piece of his Whole, barely a speck in the fast of an entire dimension he truly was, pouring into this one.

The feeling of feeling so neatly into this place made for him specifically, the intention of wanting him there, was one Eternatus had had yet to experience. Was this the moment he would feel the emotion of 'happiness'? Was that what was supposed to happen?

He sure felt something that wasn't physical. An unrest, quickly eased into submission by the warmth of this... Being accepting him, despite harmful being.

How masochistic, he wondered, must this Being be to self-integrate something so fundamentally harmful?

He hoped it was of use to them at least somewhat. Eternatus himself felt an intense sense of calm.