[ it's almost comical, the way livio just plucks him straight out of the sand. sets him on his feet, gently -- but keeps a supportive hand on his shoulder, to brace him if knives's legs are too weak to support him. livio's likely most of the force keeping knives from falling to his knees. ]
[ he's silent for a second, in regards to the question. why indeed. he's not sure he has a good answer. he just saw knives, likely about to die of exposure, and some part of him just couldn't let that happen. ]
It....
It's what Vash would do.
[ vash gave him a chance, after everything. made him a friend. depended on him. after what livio did to him, to his own brother. so. ]
[ maybe he's paying it forward. or maybe knives, crumpled and defeated as he is, reminds livio a bit of himself, after wolfwood had literally beaten the brainwashing out of him. it's hard to say ]
... Let's get out of the suns.
[ he decides on that, in the end. and it seems like he's willing to carry knives there if his legs can't keep him up anymore ]
oh my god it's almost been a year i'm so sorry
[ he's silent for a second, in regards to the question. why indeed. he's not sure he has a good answer. he just saw knives, likely about to die of exposure, and some part of him just couldn't let that happen. ]
It....
It's what Vash would do.
[ vash gave him a chance, after everything. made him a friend. depended on him. after what livio did to him, to his own brother. so. ]
[ maybe he's paying it forward. or maybe knives, crumpled and defeated as he is, reminds livio a bit of himself, after wolfwood had literally beaten the brainwashing out of him. it's hard to say ]
... Let's get out of the suns.
[ he decides on that, in the end. and it seems like he's willing to carry knives there if his legs can't keep him up anymore ]