If it's a believable lie he's trying to come up with, Zel would expect him to have an easier time.
So then, is it the truth he's unable to articulate? Is it pride that keeps him from stating it? Shame? Doubt? Cowardice?
Without knowing what's happening in Rezo's head, Zel's assumption is that he's trying to weasel his way out of answering. ]
A promise from you isn't worth much.
[ That is not entirely true.
Zelgadis glances at the drying blood on the handkerchief. His nosebleed has subsided along with the majority of the pain, so he's going to charitably assume that there's nothing particularly terrible happening inside his body at the moment.
'When all of this is over'... That's looking awfully far away. What state will either of them be in by then?
He could persist. Rezo might well crack.
But the patients. The mazoku.
There are greater priorities. ]
...All right. I'll wait. But if you don't keep your word, that's it. I'm done.
[ A faint waver in his voice betrays the emotion he's fighting to keep at bay.
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If it's a believable lie he's trying to come up with, Zel would expect him to have an easier time.
So then, is it the truth he's unable to articulate? Is it pride that keeps him from stating it? Shame? Doubt? Cowardice?
Without knowing what's happening in Rezo's head, Zel's assumption is that he's trying to weasel his way out of answering. ]
A promise from you isn't worth much.
[ That is not entirely true.
Zelgadis glances at the drying blood on the handkerchief. His nosebleed has subsided along with the majority of the pain, so he's going to charitably assume that there's nothing particularly terrible happening inside his body at the moment.
'When all of this is over'... That's looking awfully far away. What state will either of them be in by then?
He could persist. Rezo might well crack.
But the patients. The mazoku.
There are greater priorities. ]
...All right. I'll wait. But if you don't keep your word, that's it. I'm done.
[ A faint waver in his voice betrays the emotion he's fighting to keep at bay.
I can't keep being disappointed over and over. ]