So if you want our kid to shit splinters I'll do great.

[ And Hakkai's not wrong, so Gojyo sits with that for a second. He is absolutely confident that Hakkai won't hurt him. He trusts him completely, and he knows Hakkai feels the same way. So what is it? What's got him keeping Hakkai up at night worrying over fictional kids? ]

Kinda feels like I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop, I guess. Bad shit happens in our lives pretty goddamn reliably.

[ He looks over at Hakkai, well aware the man's seeing him as not much more than dark, blurred shapes. ]

Ain't had something be good this long without fucking it up somehow.