Bungou Stray Dogs- Dead Apple -dub- -

"You’re right. I can’t touch you. Not the way I want to." (He exhales slowly.) "But here’s the punchline, you smug, suicidal ghost of my past… I don't need my ability to kill a lie."

"Impossible. You’re nothing without—" Bungou Stray Dogs- Dead Apple -Dub-

"For the tainted sorrow… of a world that never needed saving. Only someone stubborn enough to stay." "You’re right

"No. I remembered every link. I just learned to like the weight." (He takes a step forward. The fog recoils.) "That’s the problem with you—with this little puppet show. You think despair is a weapon. But despair is just hope… standing in front of a mirror and hating its own reflection." You’re nothing without—" "For the tainted sorrow… of

Inside the corrupted reality of the Dragon’s breath. A distorted Yokohama. Fog curls like living tendrils. ATHENA Dazai (with bandages loose, hair wild) stands across from a mirror-image of himself—the Demon Prodigy , smoking and smirking.