[His eyes were wild, shock that he actually held onto his other half, though he could see from the man's grimace that it wouldn't be for long.

Tears started to form as the man encouraged him to climb up - after everything, after all he did - he knew it was their love of humanity speaking...

Did James still see him as human? he tasted ash in his mouth at the thought, he was sliding further and further from it, his horrible game designed to simply occupy the beast had turned into his sole purpose for existing. That - that wasn't something a human would do.

Quickly he shook his head, his fingers slowly loosening, this - James is the one they need.]

No. This is what fate decided.