[ Surprise shooting through him as he glances over, sidelong. 'Kind' isn't something anyone from the White Tower would really have associated with Luther. He'd toed the party line too well for too many years; had gone along with their missions, with the casual violence that had been trained into all the Hargreeves. Krakoa was the place that unlocked that door, threw it open, honed this gentler part of him.
But then Kaneki's question makes Luther actually laugh, a short rumble against Josh's spine. ]
No. There's no top, actually. You'll see in a moment—
[ And it happens when the elevator settles to a stop fifteen storeys up, or at least what feels like the top: the doors open. Except they're now on... the ground floor of a building? And there's suddenly dazzling sunshine and tropical trees through the glass doors and windows, and they can both see a few wary-looking imPorts waiting outside on the lawn. The security that Jane had promised. It's a sheer impossibility: the elevator doors had closed on one corner of the world, and have now reopened somewhere else entirely.
Toto, I have a feeling we're not in the White Tower anymore. ]
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[ Surprise shooting through him as he glances over, sidelong. 'Kind' isn't something anyone from the White Tower would really have associated with Luther. He'd toed the party line too well for too many years; had gone along with their missions, with the casual violence that had been trained into all the Hargreeves. Krakoa was the place that unlocked that door, threw it open, honed this gentler part of him.
But then Kaneki's question makes Luther actually laugh, a short rumble against Josh's spine. ]
No. There's no top, actually. You'll see in a moment—
[ And it happens when the elevator settles to a stop fifteen storeys up, or at least what feels like the top: the doors open. Except they're now on... the ground floor of a building? And there's suddenly dazzling sunshine and tropical trees through the glass doors and windows, and they can both see a few wary-looking imPorts waiting outside on the lawn. The security that Jane had promised. It's a sheer impossibility: the elevator doors had closed on one corner of the world, and have now reopened somewhere else entirely.
Toto, I have a feeling we're not in the White Tower anymore. ]