[ as soon as there's a hand on his shoulder, law tenses up, turning to glare up at cora with eyes blazing. he may not have seemed much like the angry child he used to be, but this is definitely reminiscent of that. ]

How can you say that?! Your mission failed because of me! Doflamingo took over Dressrosa and no one even tried to stop him! I was the only one who could do something, and I —

I...

[ suddenly, he seems to run out of steam, his anger deflating. he turns away from cora, presses his palm over his eyes.

because talking about cora's mission reminds him of something else... a hurt so old he's not even angry about it anymore. and so he says, quiet, tired, ]

... you lied to me. You — you were supposed to survive, too.

How could you not know I didn't want anything to do with a world where you weren't alive?

[ the only reason law had stayed alive all these years was because he had a goal. had he not had that... ]