[Look at me. Notice me! Words he hadn't spoken aloud, but begged silently through every action he ever made, from pouring his heart out on the stage to dressing in eye-catching (and eye-gouging) outfits. But now that he's being so closely scrutinized, he shrinks away from Riye's piercing gaze.]
Hah... Well... My legend isn't over just yet...
[A break. A crack. A whole spider's web of fractures.
Larix's ego, the self he's so keen on presenting, is as ornamental as it is delicate. It's been straining under the pressure of all the challenges to his reality that Koriko has presented, and under the weight of Riye's gaze, it finally shatters. Transparent blue glass shards fall around his feet - not even metaphorically, but real glass - and break into even smaller pieces, scattering across the floor.]
Ah-
[He takes a step back, a few pieces crunching beneath the high heel of his shoe.]
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Hah... Well... My legend isn't over just yet...
[A break. A crack. A whole spider's web of fractures.
Larix's ego, the self he's so keen on presenting, is as ornamental as it is delicate. It's been straining under the pressure of all the challenges to his reality that Koriko has presented, and under the weight of Riye's gaze, it finally shatters. Transparent blue glass shards fall around his feet - not even metaphorically, but real glass - and break into even smaller pieces, scattering across the floor.]
Ah-
[He takes a step back, a few pieces crunching beneath the high heel of his shoe.]