Even felt Kadaj's reiatsu increase as he lost a little bit of the control he used, like everybody with a high degree of battle ability did, to keep it suppressed.
It was an involuntary thing, a second nature, to avoid wasting the power they possessed unnecessarily. More importantly, it also protected those around them, those with a much lower reiatsu themselves, from being negatively affected by the effects of that level of spiritual pressure. Subconscious though the control might be, emotionally trying situations tended to have an adverse effect on that control, leading it to waver.
Even could tell that Kadaj was struggling. He seemed ill-tempered, nearly brattish, but he was powerful -- a dangerous combination.
Professor Hojo was insufferable. He reminded him a lot of what he used to be like ... as a Nobody. The thought made his eyes narrow. He could recall the things he had said and done when he had been without a heart and some of it made him ashamed to remember. He had never been like that before he'd lost his heart, it was only when the Darkness crept in -- a side effect of their experiments -- that he and the rest of them had lost their moral centre.
Professor Hojo was acting that way now, as an intact person. It was no wonder he'd gotten so far ahead with his experiments, his human experiments. He had no conscience to speak of. As luck would have it, he didn't seem to have much in the way of spiritual energy, either. If Kadaj lost control, Professor Hojo was likely the only one who would be flattened.
"That's all very fascinating," Even said, "but are you aware of what happened to the last scientist to occupy your laboratory space?"
Even highly doubted he'd have gotten the bigger story, as he had from Neliel, but he wagered that he had almost certainly been informed that the previous scientist had been murdered, apparently in self defence, by two of the people in the room, one of whom he was needling.
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Date: 2016-01-07 12:32 am (UTC)It was an involuntary thing, a second nature, to avoid wasting the power they possessed unnecessarily. More importantly, it also protected those around them, those with a much lower reiatsu themselves, from being negatively affected by the effects of that level of spiritual pressure. Subconscious though the control might be, emotionally trying situations tended to have an adverse effect on that control, leading it to waver.
Even could tell that Kadaj was struggling. He seemed ill-tempered, nearly brattish, but he was powerful -- a dangerous combination.
Professor Hojo was insufferable. He reminded him a lot of what he used to be like ... as a Nobody. The thought made his eyes narrow. He could recall the things he had said and done when he had been without a heart and some of it made him ashamed to remember. He had never been like that before he'd lost his heart, it was only when the Darkness crept in -- a side effect of their experiments -- that he and the rest of them had lost their moral centre.
Professor Hojo was acting that way now, as an intact person. It was no wonder he'd gotten so far ahead with his experiments, his human experiments. He had no conscience to speak of. As luck would have it, he didn't seem to have much in the way of spiritual energy, either. If Kadaj lost control, Professor Hojo was likely the only one who would be flattened.
"That's all very fascinating," Even said, "but are you aware of what happened to the last scientist to occupy your laboratory space?"
Even highly doubted he'd have gotten the bigger story, as he had from Neliel, but he wagered that he had almost certainly been informed that the previous scientist had been murdered, apparently in self defence, by two of the people in the room, one of whom he was needling.