"Or because it's what we've always done," Shima adds to the list. "Though the way you hear everyone else talk, we're all noble and heroic for it..."

He sinks back down into the water again, not quite going all the way under, but enough that he does have to hold his breath for a tic as he thinks. Yeah, just how fucked up is he? If he had to compare himself to a normal sixteen year old kid? The answer is pretty obvious and he isn't even going to include the part where he's a spy.

"I'm stuck seeing monsters everywhere I go and I've already nearly gotten killed... like... I'm not even sure how many times anymore." Yeah, that's how he'll answer when he comes back up and shakes his head, shedding drops of water everywhere. "And everyone acts like that's fine, right? So I'm going to have to go with pretty fucked up."