[He hadn't expected the certainty in Law's voice to hurt as much as it does. There's a temptation to be nasty, to call into question that certainty. He'd been so convinced that none of the other Enforcers could want to go back to that life, after all, and yet Masaoka hadn't been sure. Maybe this guy was wrong about his friends, too.
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It's funny; when Kagari tries to lean into that pettiness, the urge to lash out to ease his own pain, the words don't come. He really is getting fucking soft, huh? How pathetic.]
Lucky you.
[It's not sarcastic. He's not happy for Law, either--Kagari's too selfish for that--but he does mean it. His voice carries that particular miserable note that suggests something like envy.]
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It's funny; when Kagari tries to lean into that pettiness, the urge to lash out to ease his own pain, the words don't come. He really is getting fucking soft, huh? How pathetic.]
Lucky you.
[It's not sarcastic. He's not happy for Law, either--Kagari's too selfish for that--but he does mean it. His voice carries that particular miserable note that suggests something like envy.]