... Before, when I lived on the streets... I saw a bunch of homeless guys, lived with a few of them. One thing they always warned me about was to never, ever get mixed up with the yakuza.
I saw it from time to time. Sometimes people would vanish. Get "jobs" they couldn't get away from. Get hooked on some drugs and go insane over it. The yakuza I knew about... were scum using the homeless as expendable pawns. We were the disposable pieces in the war between the yakuza and the cops.
[But despite her words, her touch remains soft. Gentle. As though she's afraid she might break her... or as though she's touching something beautiful. A work of true art.]
... But you're not one of those. You seemed... closer, at first. When I met you here, I didn't know you were yakuza. I didn't figure it out until you told me. But you still seemed a lot... angrier. More violent. Willing to use other people.
And then something happened, and you changed. And now...
[She leans forward, and gently places a light kiss on top of that tattoo.]
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[She lets out a slow, long breath.]
... Before, when I lived on the streets... I saw a bunch of homeless guys, lived with a few of them. One thing they always warned me about was to never, ever get mixed up with the yakuza.
I saw it from time to time. Sometimes people would vanish. Get "jobs" they couldn't get away from. Get hooked on some drugs and go insane over it. The yakuza I knew about... were scum using the homeless as expendable pawns. We were the disposable pieces in the war between the yakuza and the cops.
[But despite her words, her touch remains soft. Gentle. As though she's afraid she might break her... or as though she's touching something beautiful. A work of true art.]
... But you're not one of those. You seemed... closer, at first. When I met you here, I didn't know you were yakuza. I didn't figure it out until you told me. But you still seemed a lot... angrier. More violent. Willing to use other people.
And then something happened, and you changed. And now...
[She leans forward, and gently places a light kiss on top of that tattoo.]