"What are you doing, Tongari? It's right next to you! Use it, dammit!"
Vash hand fell questing in the dirt as a startled Knives pulled twin 'triggers'.
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"Why?"
"Tongari, I..."
"You distracted me. You distracted him. You knew the Punisher was too far away for me to reach."
"...Yeah."
"You still said it was right there."
"Yeah."
"You lied to me."
"I know."
"Tell me why."
"Because hate is stronger than guilt."
"You bastard."
"And because I couldn't let you hurt like that forever."
"You think this is better?"
"It has to be."
"How could you?"
"How could I not?"
This one gets a brief explanation, as it confused even me: See, El Padre, who is dead, tricks Vash into getting killed during the fight with Knives. Why? Love, yo. Better to spend eternity angry at Wolfwood than angsting over Legato.
Politics make me write angry angst.