[His name falls out strangled from Eichi's lips, in the pain he's in. He's not fully standing, but the way the hand is in his hair is keeping him from being able to rest on the floor, either. It's incredibly painful, and his weak hands can't do anything to pry it away. The man looks cold as he lifts the steel of the blade, over Eichi's clean cheek.]
"Both of you shut up, or I'll give you one to match the first." [That cut on Eichi's other cheek— so the blonde had run into this man before, and somehow managed to scramble away? That explains the violence now, at least partially. He does not release Eichi. Instead, he eyes Wataru like he's thinking.]
"Listen here. Neither of you are in any position to make deals. The next time you give me trouble, you're both dead."
[Just like that, he releases Eichi's hair and watches him crumple to the floor, coughing and grasping at the tiles as he tries to push himself up. He doesn't even need a foot on his back.]
"Rough him up all you like, but keep him alive." [That's to the other two men, about Wataru, as he glances over.] "We'll bring them back down to confinement until I decide what to do. Make sure it's secure this time, or you'll be the ones dead."
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[His name falls out strangled from Eichi's lips, in the pain he's in. He's not fully standing, but the way the hand is in his hair is keeping him from being able to rest on the floor, either. It's incredibly painful, and his weak hands can't do anything to pry it away. The man looks cold as he lifts the steel of the blade, over Eichi's clean cheek.]
"Both of you shut up, or I'll give you one to match the first." [That cut on Eichi's other cheek— so the blonde had run into this man before, and somehow managed to scramble away? That explains the violence now, at least partially. He does not release Eichi. Instead, he eyes Wataru like he's thinking.]
"Listen here. Neither of you are in any position to make deals. The next time you give me trouble, you're both dead."
[Just like that, he releases Eichi's hair and watches him crumple to the floor, coughing and grasping at the tiles as he tries to push himself up. He doesn't even need a foot on his back.]
"Rough him up all you like, but keep him alive." [That's to the other two men, about Wataru, as he glances over.] "We'll bring them back down to confinement until I decide what to do. Make sure it's secure this time, or you'll be the ones dead."