Maru's ears twitched, and then lay flat against his head.
He wanted to yell. He wanted to scream that no, he wasn't leeching anything from her. If anything it was the other way around. He was the Servant. It was for him to be a source of power for his Eve. In return his Eve gave him their resolve, their will to fight. In trusting him, believing in him, he was stronger. And in being stronger he would help make them strong. Sadly that did involve drinking his Eve's blood. A drop, enough to 'eat' their resolve. Maru refused to take more. He hated it. Before he had met Mahiru he had gone hundreds of years without drinking blood and could happily go a hundred more.
But he wasn't using Madoka.
He thought about the collar around his neck. The shell tied to it. He could give it to the man... He could hold it out and tell him to destroy it. It would sever his bond with Madoka. And break him. That would make things better, wouldn't it? Would it make him better to hold Maru's life in his hands? He had no idea... He didn't understand humans...
Only the man was saying something about Madoka's fate. About her home. Slowly Maru's focus moved outwards to listen to this. She hadn't spoken about any of this, though little hits had suggested that she wanted to be strong for a reason... Was this the reason?
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He wanted to yell. He wanted to scream that no, he wasn't leeching anything from her. If anything it was the other way around. He was the Servant. It was for him to be a source of power for his Eve. In return his Eve gave him their resolve, their will to fight. In trusting him, believing in him, he was stronger. And in being stronger he would help make them strong. Sadly that did involve drinking his Eve's blood. A drop, enough to 'eat' their resolve. Maru refused to take more. He hated it. Before he had met Mahiru he had gone hundreds of years without drinking blood and could happily go a hundred more.
But he wasn't using Madoka.
He thought about the collar around his neck. The shell tied to it. He could give it to the man... He could hold it out and tell him to destroy it. It would sever his bond with Madoka. And break him. That would make things better, wouldn't it? Would it make him better to hold Maru's life in his hands? He had no idea... He didn't understand humans...
Only the man was saying something about Madoka's fate. About her home. Slowly Maru's focus moved outwards to listen to this. She hadn't spoken about any of this, though little hits had suggested that she wanted to be strong for a reason... Was this the reason?