[ if things were different, fyodor would trail a hand along dazai's shoulder--tenderly both drawing him close and pushing him towards the sea. ] Very well, if you must demand my answer to be stated verbally: yes, I will cooperate.

But you must understand why I won't fully do so. [ they're not equals here, fyodor is at a disadvantage. the life dazai has built here has no place for fyodor and without his webs how much is he still who he's meant to be? and he himself--

the logical choice is to kill dazai, and yet he's not. that's a desire that isn't a product of the interactions within this world, but of one before. that fyodor does know in the back of his mind. ]

There are no guarantees for me in this world. [ of course he only values blackmail and information and suffering. the currency he's worked with all his life. loyalty and trust have no place in his world. ]