[For several long moments his brain tunes everything out - the turtles, anything they're saying, little things like the kitchen's lighting and the floor tiles under his feet, even the fact that he's in Central and not Academy City.
He's home. He's home and immediately leaves the City to go to Avignon, which is in flames because of worldwide protests and riots by Roman Catholics. Then he's working with those idiots Musujime, Tsuchimikado, Unabara. He's killing the leader of Skill-Out, or those terrorists who kidnapped those kids and hijacked a particle accelerator. And he's trying to avoid Last Order, so she doesn't get involved.
Working with Oyafune, possibly the only person on the board of directors who wants to genuinely help the children of Academy City. The knowledge that (Leo was right) magic does exist. That everyone in Academy City is being spied on constantly via nanomachines. That he's the core of the board chairman's plans, whatever they are.
And there's Misaka Misuzu. Kill Point, he's dead because of him. Sugitani, alive but bleeding out slowly. Kakine Teitoku, the #2 Level 5, also dead. That Level 0.
DRAGON. Aiwass. Aiwass.
That being's words are still ringing in his ears.
“—That girl is a difficult case.”
"- she will certainly break down eventually whether it is very soon or in the distant future -"
“—Go to Russia.”
“—Remember the term ‘Index Librorum Prohibitorum’."
......... Needless to say, it's going to take him a minute to realize he isn't actually in Academy City (anymore), that he's instead in his shitty kitchen in Central City, leaning against Leo. Shaking his head, he tries to clear his thoughts and focus on the immediate present.]
I'm - fine.
[That's a lie if he's ever heard one. He reaches up to hit the switch on his choker, starts using his ability to redirect the flow of his blood so he doesn't bleed out on the kitchen floor. His shirt's still ruined, but at least he isn't about to die. Still, he sinks down onto the chair. Processing everything that just got shoved into his head while doing medical calculations is rough.]
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He's home. He's home and immediately leaves the City to go to Avignon, which is in flames because of worldwide protests and riots by Roman Catholics. Then he's working with those idiots Musujime, Tsuchimikado, Unabara. He's killing the leader of Skill-Out, or those terrorists who kidnapped those kids and hijacked a particle accelerator. And he's trying to avoid Last Order, so she doesn't get involved.
Working with Oyafune, possibly the only person on the board of directors who wants to genuinely help the children of Academy City. The knowledge that (Leo was right) magic does exist. That everyone in Academy City is being spied on constantly via nanomachines. That he's the core of the board chairman's plans, whatever they are.
And there's Misaka Misuzu. Kill Point, he's dead because of him. Sugitani, alive but bleeding out slowly. Kakine Teitoku, the #2 Level 5, also dead. That Level 0.
DRAGON. Aiwass. Aiwass.
That being's words are still ringing in his ears.
“—That girl is a difficult case.”
"- she will certainly break down eventually whether it is very soon or in the distant future -"
“—Go to Russia.”
“—Remember the term ‘Index Librorum Prohibitorum’."
......... Needless to say, it's going to take him a minute to realize he isn't actually in Academy City (anymore), that he's instead in his shitty kitchen in Central City, leaning against Leo. Shaking his head, he tries to clear his thoughts and focus on the immediate present.]
I'm - fine.
[That's a lie if he's ever heard one. He reaches up to hit the switch on his choker, starts using his ability to redirect the flow of his blood so he doesn't bleed out on the kitchen floor. His shirt's still ruined, but at least he isn't about to die. Still, he sinks down onto the chair. Processing everything that just got shoved into his head while doing medical calculations is rough.]
There's a - first aid kit. It's in the bathroom.