Stopped to gawk, Asch? You'll find it less amusing when it's your turn.
[Van wants to leave it at that, he really does. He'd prefer not admit anything, to anyone, about what got him into this nightmarish state; but if he says nothing, Asch will just shrug it off as posturing, an empty threat.
...And if he's entirely honest, which he almost never is, he doesn't want to see what state Asch might get himself into, if he suffers the same without warning. They're enemies. They'd kill each other without a second thought. (...Perhaps not without a second thought.)
...Unfortunately for Van, his one great weakness is that that's never prevented him from caring about someone.]
[Action, January 15th]
[Van wants to leave it at that, he really does. He'd prefer not admit anything, to anyone, about what got him into this nightmarish state; but if he says nothing, Asch will just shrug it off as posturing, an empty threat.
...And if he's entirely honest, which he almost never is, he doesn't want to see what state Asch might get himself into, if he suffers the same without warning. They're enemies. They'd kill each other without a second thought. (...Perhaps not without a second thought.)
...Unfortunately for Van, his one great weakness is that that's never prevented him from caring about someone.]
They're after hyperresonance.