[ that ... does give vayne some pause, but mostly in the sense that he needs to rearrange some thoughts. slot this one here. move that one there. kurapika, after all, has made no secret of his goals, nor to the extents of which he'd go to pursue them. and while perhaps vayne would never necessarily agree...

'but would you use it on your friends?' is the question vayne doesn't bother asking. kurapika wouldn't be afraid of this if he were willing to. ]

... All she had to do was say something. I don't know how it is for her, but it's pretty much the same thing for me. All I have to do is want something strongly enough.

[ all he has to do is wish. maybe that's why the idea of being able to speak a command like that into being bothers him so much. it could so easily be a warped mirror of what he's capable of, whether consciously or not. ]

I don't even know how much I can do. I don't know if I'd even realize if I was, depending.

Somehow... I don't think she worries about this sort of thing the same way.