[there are ways that buzen understands, and ways that he doesn't. to him, a body is just a body. he has an understanding of beauty that is different from humans, but he can at the very least grasp that yes - people will treat you differently based on what they think you are. why are swords summoned to look like people? why are they given these human hearts? he was asked once, to be the bridge between what is human and non-human. he's still trying to figure out what that means for him.
but he'll start with taking gerard's hand in his, heedless of the form it's in. it's still a perfectly fine hand to hold.]
.... I'm not quite a blade, but I'm definitely not a human. Sometimes I worry that we deceive people - well, I know that we do. Even when we got here, Matsu and I were just starting to tell people for the first time... and I kept worrying that I'd scare somebody. That they'd see me as a weapon - which I am - but it feels like... I'm not just a weapon anymore. Maybe I never was.
But at least for me... it was nice, when people saw me for all that I am. That I wasn't keeping some important part of mine hidden away. I know you don't have as much of a choice in the matter, and maybe it's a rough reminder... but I hope you at least get the feeling that when people see you for all that you are, they like every part. The prince part, the cursed part, the strong part, and the sad part. It's all Ge-san.
At least for me - I like you. [said not in an particularly dramatic way, but rather a statement of fact] And maybe I don't know you as well as you know yourself yet but... based on everything I do know, I like you. So even if I don't know much about what makes love true... You should know that you are worthy of care and love. People can and will still know you as you are, and love you as you are.
[ all of this is A Lot. but starting from the first thing he says, he gets that. There will never be a time when Buzen is perceived as fully human, because on some level he isn't. The difference is maybe that he started as a sword, and became more human as time wore on.
but you know he gets his hand held (its like. weirdly much drier than normal.) and told that's worthy of love and immediately does have to pull his hand back so he can scrub at his face. frogmotions. i don't know if frogs can cry, but you know. maybe. ]
... Thanks, Buzen. I don't think I've had many friends before, and now I look around and apparently I've got a few of them, and all it took was having to kill a bunch of people.
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but he'll start with taking gerard's hand in his, heedless of the form it's in. it's still a perfectly fine hand to hold.]
.... I'm not quite a blade, but I'm definitely not a human. Sometimes I worry that we deceive people - well, I know that we do. Even when we got here, Matsu and I were just starting to tell people for the first time... and I kept worrying that I'd scare somebody. That they'd see me as a weapon - which I am - but it feels like... I'm not just a weapon anymore. Maybe I never was.
But at least for me... it was nice, when people saw me for all that I am. That I wasn't keeping some important part of mine hidden away. I know you don't have as much of a choice in the matter, and maybe it's a rough reminder... but I hope you at least get the feeling that when people see you for all that you are, they like every part. The prince part, the cursed part, the strong part, and the sad part. It's all Ge-san.
At least for me - I like you. [said not in an particularly dramatic way, but rather a statement of fact] And maybe I don't know you as well as you know yourself yet but... based on everything I do know, I like you. So even if I don't know much about what makes love true... You should know that you are worthy of care and love. People can and will still know you as you are, and love you as you are.
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but you know he gets his hand held (its like. weirdly much drier than normal.) and told that's worthy of love and immediately does have to pull his hand back so he can scrub at his face. frogmotions. i don't know if frogs can cry, but you know. maybe. ]
... Thanks, Buzen. I don't think I've had many friends before, and now I look around and apparently I've got a few of them, and all it took was having to kill a bunch of people.