Doesn't stick... [He has no idea what that means, nor the wherewithal to question it, when his strength is dwindling and his vision is getting hazy at the edges.]
I almost had it. I almost had... everything.
[His grip on Shinjiro gives out, and he collapses against him. In isolation, those words sound like someone who has already given up, but for Knives -- it's the frustrated, feverish mutterings of one who refuses to die here. He will attain it.
Perhaps leaning on Shinjiro is a concession to that goal, however unwilling.]
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I almost had it. I almost had... everything.
[His grip on Shinjiro gives out, and he collapses against him. In isolation, those words sound like someone who has already given up, but for Knives -- it's the frustrated, feverish mutterings of one who refuses to die here. He will attain it.
Perhaps leaning on Shinjiro is a concession to that goal, however unwilling.]