[ now ryuji's raising his voice to match. an onlooker might think he's simply sitting here getting all sore at ren, when the reality is actually everything but. he's not wrong; the justice system is terrible, godawful, worth uprooting on those merits alone, and when you add how society treated all of them into the mix, then... ]
It's messed up as hell, I dunno how you do it...
[ or more importantly, how he thinks he can go it alone, how he can stay so active and juggle so many affairs when in reality he's like a sliver of butter scraped thinly across burnt, dry toast. no wonder he's due for a break, this only serves to drive the point home. what a guy. ]
Hey... [ ryuji's thinking, a dangerous pastime, but he looks at ren. while his touch does little to soothe him, it's jogging his brain... ] Hey, lemme go too. If you go home, lemme go, we'll really stick it to 'em...
[ wait, is this something they can do? does ryuji get a say? he'll find a way if he has to, damn it. ]
We'll show them the kinda guy you really are. I'll give 'em hell if they wanna try anything funny...!
[ unless it's ren's parents. he's got the right of it there, as well: in their position, they think they're doing the right thing for their son, for their family as a whole. ryuji doesn't agree, but he's seen similar things firsthand, so he's sympathetic to the mindset. ]
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You're goddamn right you would—!
[ now ryuji's raising his voice to match. an onlooker might think he's simply sitting here getting all sore at ren, when the reality is actually everything but. he's not wrong; the justice system is terrible, godawful, worth uprooting on those merits alone, and when you add how society treated all of them into the mix, then... ]
It's messed up as hell, I dunno how you do it...
[ or more importantly, how he thinks he can go it alone, how he can stay so active and juggle so many affairs when in reality he's like a sliver of butter scraped thinly across burnt, dry toast. no wonder he's due for a break, this only serves to drive the point home. what a guy. ]
Hey... [ ryuji's thinking, a dangerous pastime, but he looks at ren. while his touch does little to soothe him, it's jogging his brain... ] Hey, lemme go too. If you go home, lemme go, we'll really stick it to 'em...
[ wait, is this something they can do? does ryuji get a say? he'll find a way if he has to, damn it. ]
We'll show them the kinda guy you really are. I'll give 'em hell if they wanna try anything funny...!
[ unless it's ren's parents. he's got the right of it there, as well: in their position, they think they're doing the right thing for their son, for their family as a whole. ryuji doesn't agree, but he's seen similar things firsthand, so he's sympathetic to the mindset. ]