Relaxing

"Have they not? I thought they did."

"Killing ones own blood is not something that goes away."

"That I can compare to." She growled slightly.

Riza slowly lifted up the sleeve of his coat to reveal hundreds of tally marks carved into his skin

Maynin looked sad. "One for each person, right? My self harm was more reckless and stupid." She raised a fist. Barely visible, where dozens of ragged scars, which had almost completely healed. "I'm an idiot."

"If it were for people I woul have run out of space."

"What is it then?"

"Days."

"Of what?"

"Since my first kill."

"And you keep track of that why? It's only going to make you feel worse."

"It's so I remember what I did.....to her.......Akeno..."

"Was that your sister?"

After a moment he quietly nodded.

"....."

"I carve it into my skin every day."

"Please don't. You already feel bad enough."

He shook his head. "I always feel slightly better afterwords. As if my pain brings me a little bit closer to redeeming myself."

"Your not. Your doing just as it is, hurting yourself. You're not solving anything."

"Maybe not....but ten again. It's nothing compared to the pain I've caused."

"Look, we both know this world is cruel, and terrible things happen all the time. People tend to ignore the few good things that we have. You've done good things too."

"Not enough."

".....Go on."

"What?

"Don't know. That's it? Just that one thing?"