[There's a tiny flinch at the snap, even as the fists tighten until his knuckles are white.
He knows Archie's right, but it doesn't stop the desire or want to hunt Archer down and feed him to Baku, or let the gengar have free reign on hunting the Rocket before eating him.
But it sounds like Archie doesn't want it- didn't even want Poe and Guzma to go after the man and Nikolai's honestly not sure why, but that can be asked later. Much, much later. The main point is Archie's professing to not want this, and in Nikolai' brain that translates to-] So. I'm not allowed to do anything even though he deserves it, oyaji?
[Once upon a time, he wouldn't have asked, would have gone behind the man's back. But Nikolai likes the fragile, tentative feelings of- of whatever this is. Family? Friendship? Other people having his back?
He's gone weak. He only needs himself. Letting others in isn't a good idea.
He ... doesn't care? Not if he's using 'oyaji', at least.]
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He knows Archie's right, but it doesn't stop the desire or want to hunt Archer down and feed him to Baku, or let the gengar have free reign on hunting the Rocket before eating him.
But it sounds like Archie doesn't want it- didn't even want Poe and Guzma to go after the man and Nikolai's honestly not sure why, but that can be asked later. Much, much later. The main point is Archie's professing to not want this, and in Nikolai' brain that translates to-] So. I'm not allowed to do anything even though he deserves it, oyaji?
[Once upon a time, he wouldn't have asked, would have gone behind the man's back. But Nikolai likes the fragile, tentative feelings of- of whatever this is. Family? Friendship? Other people having his back?
He's gone weak. He only needs himself. Letting others in isn't a good idea.
He ... doesn't care? Not if he's using 'oyaji', at least.]