Thread:DragonNinja01/@comment-38036641-20190522041146/@comment-36159587-20190530182722

 Galaxian wanted to say something to Kenshin, but he was afraid he would do something he didn't want to do. Instead, he snapped the telepathic conversation like a twig, squeezing his eyes shut briefly.

 He thought something inside him snapped with it. A silver speck appeared in both his eyes as he took OJ in his arms and cradled him, trying hard not to cry.

 Everything...everyone's changing. But...I can't change along with them.

 He thought back to Kokumajutsu's words. Had he really meant it when he said no one could change his loyalty to Kenshin?

 What he meant was...only he and Kenshin could change it. Even before, when Kenshin was by himself, the second time they had met, he remembered seeing the other experimenting with his magic.

 But I...I thought he'd never experiment with living beings. This time he withdrew, but...what about in the future? What will he do?

 If he continues... he thought to himself in his own telepathic space, will I...will I have to fight him? Just the thought brought a jolt of fear to him.

 "I didn't want you to become a shell of life," he choked out to OJ, just then realizing he was crying again for...what, the seventh time that day? "I didn't want you to be like me. I..."