[ If Neku had any idea what Joshua was doing, he probably would have psychologically registered it as hurt, anyway.
That's why Joshua didn't tell Neku what he was doing.
Well, that and having no other hope of saving Shibuya if Neku said no.
Suddenly his vibe reels, and he's abruptly older, no longer such a good match for Neku by height. He grips Neku closer with a new found strength, urged on by panic because he remembers what comes after this, and the fact that he doesn't have his Noise form this time doesn't do anything to ease his mind because it just means he doesn't know what's going to go wrong next.
With the lifting of some of the restrictions on his power, he pulls Neku's Music even harder, trying to wrap himself in it and pull it into his own.
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That's why Joshua didn't tell Neku what he was doing.
Well, that and having no other hope of saving Shibuya if Neku said no.
Suddenly his vibe reels, and he's abruptly older, no longer such a good match for Neku by height. He grips Neku closer with a new found strength, urged on by panic because he remembers what comes after this, and the fact that he doesn't have his Noise form this time doesn't do anything to ease his mind because it just means he doesn't know what's going to go wrong next.
With the lifting of some of the restrictions on his power, he pulls Neku's Music even harder, trying to wrap himself in it and pull it into his own.
Please don't let this be for nothing. ]