[ perhaps it seems strange, the almost detachment that he speaks with, clinical analysis of events processing logically, to the ending point that was his death.
but to him, death had never been a stranger: his plan had always been to die in dressrosa. not one of his plans had him walking out alive. sure, he'd said he'd meet his crew after... but they wouldn't have let him go if he'd told them the truth. (he suspects bepo knew, anyway, but because bepo also knew he wouldn't rest until doflamingo's defeat, he didn't stop him.)
there was a definite difference between wanting to die and being prepared to die — his death was worth it when it was for a purpose. he'd thought it'd be to defeat doflamingo... it ended up being to defeat kaido.
something softens in his eyes at cora's words, but then he shakes his head to the no matter how it ended, because. no, you don't get it. ]
My crew is safe, and Kaido believes destroying the production of SMILEs was completely my idea. The Straw Hats will win, the Kozuki clan will return to power. They're capable of miracles... when those he [ and yeah, there's suddenly a he, unnamed but perhaps the newspapers cora has read make the identity obvious ] calls friends are hurt, he'll stop at nothing. Kaido will be defeated. The last of what Doflamingo has done will be wiped out.
[ he's 1000% sure of that. his death is the final blow in all the terrible things kaido has done that strawhat-ya has personally taken offense at; he'll stop at nothing to bring him down.
of course, nothing of his words gives away the fact he could have as easily been imprisoned... but perhaps it's possible to realize there's something dangerously planned in the way he speaks of the state of affairs after his death. or perhaps it's just a thought cora won't even want to consider. ]
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but to him, death had never been a stranger: his plan had always been to die in dressrosa. not one of his plans had him walking out alive. sure, he'd said he'd meet his crew after... but they wouldn't have let him go if he'd told them the truth. (he suspects bepo knew, anyway, but because bepo also knew he wouldn't rest until doflamingo's defeat, he didn't stop him.)
there was a definite difference between wanting to die and being prepared to die — his death was worth it when it was for a purpose. he'd thought it'd be to defeat doflamingo... it ended up being to defeat kaido.
something softens in his eyes at cora's words, but then he shakes his head to the no matter how it ended, because. no, you don't get it. ]
My crew is safe, and Kaido believes destroying the production of SMILEs was completely my idea. The Straw Hats will win, the Kozuki clan will return to power. They're capable of miracles... when those he [ and yeah, there's suddenly a he, unnamed but perhaps the newspapers cora has read make the identity obvious ] calls friends are hurt, he'll stop at nothing. Kaido will be defeated. The last of what Doflamingo has done will be wiped out.
[ he's 1000% sure of that. his death is the final blow in all the terrible things kaido has done that strawhat-ya has personally taken offense at; he'll stop at nothing to bring him down.
of course, nothing of his words gives away the fact he could have as easily been imprisoned... but perhaps it's possible to realize there's something dangerously planned in the way he speaks of the state of affairs after his death. or perhaps it's just a thought cora won't even want to consider. ]