[And Tetsuo? Tetsuo just laughs. Somehow it's the funniest thing in the world that for all the things he's done, it's what he didn't mean to do that got him anywhere. For all the things that've happened, it's a rogue door that manages to take Ken down. And unlike after the swear-in, unlike during his recovery, here he is, fine, standing over the kid who isn't.
There's some justice to this.
He doesn't even move to follow it up, just soaks up the sight for a while. It's funny - isn't this funny? Maybe closer to weird than genuinely hilarious, but who's counting?
It feels good to get to laugh about something, just to be able to get the last laugh in. He can't hear how hollow it sounds now; if it was played back to back to when he laughed at Ken for more harmless reasons it wouldn't sound the same at all.
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There's some justice to this.
He doesn't even move to follow it up, just soaks up the sight for a while. It's funny - isn't this funny? Maybe closer to weird than genuinely hilarious, but who's counting?
It feels good to get to laugh about something, just to be able to get the last laugh in. He can't hear how hollow it sounds now; if it was played back to back to when he laughed at Ken for more harmless reasons it wouldn't sound the same at all.
And if he could, he wouldn't care.]