>>5905381>>5905373>>5904702>>5904343Once again, the pink was going to be a problem. Really now, you had just come out of your tussle with your partner, sure it was merely months ago in the metaverse, but on the outside, it was only for an hour at most. You didn't want to deal with another sappy heart-to-heart moment, to say the least. Like you told Satsuki, the two of you are partners, two powerful figures who saw each other as equals. Hell, the exact words of "We are of sound mind and body, partner. Whatever fate chooses to throw at us, we'll face it together, one step at a time. There's no need to worry about anything else as it's far too soon to make a decisive decision" still rings deeply in both psyches.
At the same time, you were still the heavenly dragon, you might be okay with becoming human, or at least gaining what they call a human heart and a soul. But that didn't mean said organ had to be a bleeding heart, it was unbecoming of someone of your stature to be so sappy. You might wear your emotions on your sleeves, but you weren't the type to have those newfound empathic traits turn you into a blathering mess. You're not a baby. So it was clear to all what exactly had to be done before things escalated into a new problem.
Without saying a single word, you left Ira's side, willowy moving past the group in a phantasmagoric fashion. Time again once standing still with your fluid, ever-flowing motion going beyond the perception of the naked eye. Before a fraction of that flowmotion came to be registered, you find yourself standing above Nonon. Easily move the others out of the way without harming them in the slightest. Leaving the short, pink-haired brat to stare into the face of a divine figure. It was as if a god was residing within Satsuki's body, and only now did she see the vestige of the divine beast in front of her.
But rather than use that overwhelming aura and pressure to force her into submission, you merely let that otherworldly air tranquility the room. Slowly yet surely you place a gentle hand against Nonon's head. Looking down at her with tranquility sincere eyes. "Ms. Jakuzure, I can understand the plight you must have in response to me and my actions. On your hand it looks like I'm slowly corrupting Satsuki from the inside out, tailoring her to be my fleshy bodysuit for me to puppeteer from the inside as I fit. But you misunderstand both my and Doctor Soichirou's intentions. Like I said before, it would be simple for me to do precisely what you are all thinking of. And if it was the past me, I may very well have done that, especially with that retched, vile bitch of a woman souring my opinions on humanity."
