Sesshoumaru sighed and looked out the window, wishing it were nighttime already. The sun offered no release from his thoughts, no comfort to his aching soul. He yearned to see the silver moon, to find some hope in the crescent of glowing light. He had never fully understood why the bright moon affected him so, but he had come to accept and even to appreciate it. Now he longed to see it surrounded by the dark blanket of sky.
"You hungry?" Hitokiri asked. "I can get you some food if you want."
"No, I'm fine," Sesshoumaru replied. "I don't eat very often anyways."
"That's not really good for you," Hitokiri sighed. "Oh well, no changing your mind once it's made up. They might try to, but you seem like a damn stubborn one."
"Heh," Sesshoumaru scoffed with a weak grin. "Stubborn. I suppose so."
"Eh, it's just another word," Hitokiri agreed. "They're gonna keep making it rough for you, though. You gotta know that. It might be better if you just act the part now, instead of really being brought down. But then again, I wouldn't know what it's like to be you, so I could be wrong. It's your choice, not mine."
"If I was going to act broken, I would have done it a long time ago," Sesshoumaru said. "I know what a person looks like when they finally think they have no hope-when every last piece of their soul has been beaten and broken, and they become hollow and empty. They have no spirit, no life, no fight left in them. And trust me, those demons don't know how to get me that far. As long as they beat me, they can believe it's working. They'll never get to my worst fear, and unless they do, I'll never break."
"Well, you certainly are determined," Hitokiri said with a smile. "I kinda like you. Of course, you wouldn't tell me your fear, because you think I might tell them, so I won't ask. But you've got it all planned out-I like that."
"You don't like me enough to get me out of here. And you're right, I won't tell you."
"Eh, I'm just doing my job. This is what I'm paid for, this is how I live," Hitokiri shrugged.
"I know that. I'd do the same if I were you," Sesshoumaru said.