[He's not really listening, if he thinks Hakkai was talking to him, instead of sniping at his dragon: Hakkai turns, confusion clashing with the pain on his face as he looks at Gojyo, stumbling away onto the road without even stopping his nose from bleeding.
Sorry, he says, sorry, and Hakkai doesn't know if he's apologizing for the fight, or because he misunderstood, or because whatever there is between them he can't bring himself to like Hakkai after all.
Numbly, he shakes his head.]
No -- I didn't mean you, Gojyo.
[Reaction is setting in after his brief loss of control. His hands are icy and shaking as he bends to tug one of the paper-wrapped packets of gauze from the tumbled supplies, holds it out.]
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Sorry, he says, sorry, and Hakkai doesn't know if he's apologizing for the fight, or because he misunderstood, or because whatever there is between them he can't bring himself to like Hakkai after all.
Numbly, he shakes his head.]
No -- I didn't mean you, Gojyo.
[Reaction is setting in after his brief loss of control. His hands are icy and shaking as he bends to tug one of the paper-wrapped packets of gauze from the tumbled supplies, holds it out.]