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...resides in this version of him.
"I want to know what you know. I'm certain you have information I don't."
A hand tightens on Kikoku.
"And I'm not taking no for an answer. If I have to, Father will deal with you... and I don't think you want to know how."
Father?
The marked other raised a brow before lowering it back down and sighing.
"You'd know if I was trying to, the fact you don't is a bad joke in and of itself. The same could be said for a weakling."
That's... not a good sign. An old heartbeat of the person Law used to be...
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❝ Is that .. a poor attempt to
induct fear to me? While I don't
ignore how far my reputation
has reached, I'm aware of the
amount of enemies I've made so
far .. Couldn't not believe this is
a joke of bad taste from some
of them .. ❞
It seems life still had surprises for &&.
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"Are you just going to stand there, staring?"
Voice. Eyes. Both had aspects of them that screamed of a dead soul, reeling from the decay and the death of who they once were.
"I don't have the time to waste on you if that's all you're going to do."
And yet, there was something about this double of Law that felt utterly surreal. There was something that hint of a possibility that this was the real deal, and was an outlook on one possible fate for the surgeon, should he fall into the wrong hands.
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⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀
Whatever it is, whoever this was, Law was rather non-reactive. Silence expanded heavily around him, there were no spoken words as they weren't needed to fill in the already notorious hint of expectation.
&&.
⠀ ⠀ ⠀
It seems so. Other than some recognizable facial tattoos, as if some portion of a haunting past.Combined with other little details...a yellow dress shirt with black hearts on it. A yellow beanie with two dangling bits...
...it reeks of a visual that should never be...
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Then sleep is something Law gets... right up until his face contorts... ah, a nightmare. Seems he too is familiar with the concept as his breathing becomes shaky and shallow and--
Considering Law gets so little sleep, it's debatable if moving away and getting ready for the morning would wake Law up. he seems to be quite the heavy sleeper at the moment...
Ah, well... he didn't expect this but he shrugged it off, grabbing a book as he placed Kikoku away and sat up, letting his uncle cling to the surgeon like a pillow if he needed, as the doctor decided to busy himself with something to read.
"Warn me next time."
Law simply nods.
"You're getting sleep, you really need it."
He placed the taller man down, on velvet, fancy sheets.
"I'm not going anywhere, though, okay?"
"I know. C'mere."
He hooked his arms under the large man's arms, helping to lift him up.
"I'll watch over you, if nothing else, uncle. You'll be safe."
The surgeon could only look at his uncle with sorrow on his features.
"Oi... you aren't alone. We both went through some shit... honestly, though, I don't know if I'd be alive today if it wasn't for you."
To try and get Doflamingo to feel just a little better.
A sigh.
"You can't fool me, you really can't."
He steps inside the room and continues to go towards the one person he can call his 'family' that he knows is around.
"It's just us, you can talk about it."