[It's so bald-faced, the way she puts that out there, as if it's really a possibility...as if she knows that it's the likeliest way she'll get to Ryuko emotionally.
It would be just like the old, manipulative Satsuki...except she breaks in her torment, and her smirk softens just a little. Still competitive, still resolute, but cheeky instead of snide. Much harder to punch.]
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[It's so bald-faced, the way she puts that out there, as if it's really a possibility...as if she knows that it's the likeliest way she'll get to Ryuko emotionally.
It would be just like the old, manipulative Satsuki...except she breaks in her torment, and her smirk softens just a little. Still competitive, still resolute, but cheeky instead of snide. Much harder to punch.]