It was different. But in many ways the same. Perhaps it was because there is no danger here, no one to protect to push him into breaking the laws of the gods perhaps it is because Lord Gyousou is truly gone... He doesn't know. All that matters is that he can't.

He stiffens when Inigo wraps his arms around him, but only for a moment before his head falls forward, to rest on his shoulder.

Nothing was better, nothing had been fixed but having Inigo here meant a lot, it made it feel all less terrible, even if just for a moment.

A moment of weakness where he could just lean into a friends arms and not have to think.