Thread:DragonNinja01/@comment-38036641-20190522041146/@comment-36159587-20190528063058

 An image flashed through Galaxian's mind, not even registering Rina. A young boy walking up to Orphos...changing his own life for someone he loved, looked up to.

 A boy who had donned a mask not fit for his face, a hammer, and a persona not fit for him...

 ...and a boy who had died for that same person, having given up his entire life for someone who didn't even care for him, saw him as stupid, foolish, replaceable.

 The deity's face darkened, at both himself and Katori, when he realized what he was thinking, but he couldn't stop himself. He still remembered the hurt he tried to deny when he learned about the older god's history, even as he remembered standing just before a mark, carved by former Kenshin before.

 The first time, he'd bound up to Kenshin, thinking the other was lonely. Yet, still trustable...

 The deity remembered swearing to himself that Kenshin would be the first person he would protect with his own life, and to always trust. But was that reciprocated? Or was he just...

 "Perhaps what you said is sometimes true." Galaxian gritted his teeth. "I was sorrowful when I...learned. Of everything. But I saw more in Kenshin. He was capable of redemption. He was just--he just didn't know his place in the world. He needed to be cared for. And now he is, and is caring for others. He's taken it onto his shoulders: Protecting Rina, Rune--all the others. Even you."

 Therefore, no. Kenshin has always been a good person at heart, even in the past. Especially now. He's a father now, a husband, a protector, everything you're claiming that he isn't." Galaxian closed his eyes, tilting his head upwards slightly, his expression still fierce. "I know he won't do anything from his past that he regrets."