[ He's already decided what's best for her, of course. Dazai is just eighteen, but he already controls the lives of the adults around him more than anyone does his.
If he were a normal person he would certainly question it. If he were emotional, he might reel at the question for fear of judgment, but he does neither here, no more than he would if somebody asked him if he was going to continue breathing. It's only Odasaku who tends to live relatively free of that tendency, because Dazai can never quite predict him; because he's the only person who has the qualifications to be human.
If it were anyone else, he would find it to be strange, or many normal, but it's Odasaku and so he simply answers honestly, ]
No, not yet. I have a few other things I need to look into first, and this is one of them. I'd like to be certain that it's possible before I proceed any further than this.
It would be cruel to offer a person like BB-san the hope of being able to live as a normal human only to find that it was never a possibility.
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If he were a normal person he would certainly question it. If he were emotional, he might reel at the question for fear of judgment, but he does neither here, no more than he would if somebody asked him if he was going to continue breathing. It's only Odasaku who tends to live relatively free of that tendency, because Dazai can never quite predict him; because he's the only person who has the qualifications to be human.
If it were anyone else, he would find it to be strange, or many normal, but it's Odasaku and so he simply answers honestly, ]
No, not yet. I have a few other things I need to look into first, and this is one of them. I'd like to be certain that it's possible before I proceed any further than this.
It would be cruel to offer a person like BB-san the hope of being able to live as a normal human only to find that it was never a possibility.