[it's not the familiar voice that calls him to attention, but that sudden flash of colour in the gloom; blue eyes, ones that Sakamoto always covers up, so he can fucking lie to everyone he meets]
[what a stupid kid he is, what a stupid goddamn kid, for believing him, for believing the it's okay's and the I'll be here's after the other man fucking told him to his face he was a liar, and wore the fucking things throughout each reassurance]
[the merchant gets more space, but Badou gets more furious; he can't think, he just wants to hurt the world that won't stop hurting him -- a lurch closer, and he grabs for the man's collar, to hold him still, to pin him and show him what happens when you fucking lie]
Re: a call
[what a stupid kid he is, what a stupid goddamn kid, for believing him, for believing the it's okay's and the I'll be here's after the other man fucking told him to his face he was a liar, and wore the fucking things throughout each reassurance]
[the merchant gets more space, but Badou gets more furious; he can't think, he just wants to hurt the world that won't stop hurting him -- a lurch closer, and he grabs for the man's collar, to hold him still, to pin him and show him what happens when you fucking lie]