[ midorima’s silence encourages dextera to fill it, albeit slowly. he needs to think about what he wants to say, and what he can say without giving away the archangel’s nature entirely. as far as the archangel knows, after all, he does still have amnesia. ]

He gave me a purpose. I was suffering from a sin I couldn’t remember, and he gave me a way to absolve it.

[ …but it’s more complicated than that, now. ]

So… I have to follow him. Even if I disagree with things he does. He needs me at his side.