Truth be told, Yuusei almost doesn't hear him as he runs by, but he recognises that voice from some time before, and so he comes back around instead of grinding to a halt to address the onlooker.
It's a number of things happening very quickly that drive him to come by, really. The voice, of course - which he currently cannot place - is one factor, and the 'friendly advice' is certainly another. But what truly caught his attention in its entirety was what he saw out of the corner of his eye when he passed. Or rather, whom he saw.
Yuusei is no stranger to death - he grew up with it in Satellite, and it surrounded him during the Signer War - but to see Kiryu? Here? Exactly how he was before he turned to dust in Yuusei's arms? He's obviously taken aback, staring incredulously as he slows to a stop. His chest aches for a moment, but just for a moment.
In the end, it's the words of Hades echoing back at him in his mind that brings him out of it, at least for now; because he remembers that voice over the radio from a recent night, and that certainly wasn't Kiryu talking back then, right? Right?
He looks a little less unsettled than he did before, at least.
He simply shrugs and trots a little closer, hoping not to scare off the jackalope. "If I misstep on the ferris wheel, a lot more things will break than just bones. I'm aiming to get better at that."
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It's a number of things happening very quickly that drive him to come by, really. The voice, of course - which he currently cannot place - is one factor, and the 'friendly advice' is certainly another. But what truly caught his attention in its entirety was what he saw out of the corner of his eye when he passed. Or rather, whom he saw.
Yuusei is no stranger to death - he grew up with it in Satellite, and it surrounded him during the Signer War - but to see Kiryu? Here? Exactly how he was before he turned to dust in Yuusei's arms? He's obviously taken aback, staring incredulously as he slows to a stop. His chest aches for a moment, but just for a moment.
In the end, it's the words of Hades echoing back at him in his mind that brings him out of it, at least for now; because he remembers that voice over the radio from a recent night, and that certainly wasn't Kiryu talking back then, right? Right?
He looks a little less unsettled than he did before, at least.
He simply shrugs and trots a little closer, hoping not to scare off the jackalope. "If I misstep on the ferris wheel, a lot more things will break than just bones. I'm aiming to get better at that."