After some time following Nea’s death, Past!Allen killed himself to allow Nea to continue his mission. He did this against Cross’s discretion, Cross hoping there’d another way. With his best friend gone too…
Cross is alone.
What if the Innocence was given to Nea to protect him…?
I like to think that the Earl was simply holding out on purpose. Taking hold of Mana’s body to inflict harm onto others. Only now has it gotten that bad. The Earl uses this to torment them and hurting them any way he could. Nea taking an unexpected blow to the head leaving Mana to witness the aftermath of what he did.
It was never easy. Just cruel and painful for both of them.
I like to think that the Earl was simply holding out on purpose. Taking hold of Mana’s body to inflict harm onto others. Only now has it gotten that bad. The Earl uses this to torment them and hurting them any way he could. Nea taking an unexpected blow to the head leaving Mana to witness the aftermath of what he did.
It was never easy. Just cruel and painful for both of them.
I’m not a writer by any means, but being too weak to sit up and draw anything, I took a long ass time exploring this idea and how it affected Mana, Cross, and Pasta individually.
Mana’s guilt
Pasta’s anger
Cross being the one to have to hold them together as everything keeps falling apart around him. He had to almost hide the fact that Pasta was absolutely furious with Mana over what happened. Constantly in a position where he can’t help Mana, but only watch him fall apart. He loved Mana way too much for this.
Nea too feeling the polarizing reactions to his injury. He knew very well that it was never really about him in the end. The injury itself healed fast enough, but the emotional damage may not ever heal.
It all just poses as a precursor to when Mana actually kills and devours Nea.
After some time following Nea’s death, Past!Allen killed himself to allow Nea to continue his mission. He did this against Cross’s discretion, Cross hoping there’d another way. With his best friend gone too…
Cross is alone.
What if the Innocence was given to Nea to protect him…?
