They can try; in all honesty, Ken has been manipulated all through his canon and he doesn't even realize that. But downright trying to use him, they'd have to be smart about it - it can certainly happen, given Kaneki is very about "saving the people I love, keeping them safe" and going to insane extent for exactly that. But he isn't an idiot either, and it's necessary to know what buttons to press. But in the end, Kaneki is a bomb that will awaken at the worst timing. He knows that. He has seen and lived that.
Kaneki's kagune moves further, this time rising from the table it's resting on when Kaneki reaches to touch it. It doesn't wrap around his arm, but it twists in response to Ken's own mind - he should put it away, but Will seems interested in it. ~It makes no difference to Kaneki to have it out, neither he minds the curious gaze and touches, so he will allow it like this for a while longer.
He doesn't answer the first question, mostly because he doesn't know how to answer it. Kaneki has been tortured and he thinks that drove him insane too; did he want power because he was mad? And that power in turn made it worse? He doesn't know. All he ever did was to protect the people he loves, he assumed this was the best course of action, without truly knowing what it could entail in the end. Was he mad for it, or was he mad because of it? He never thought there was a difference.
But it's Will's next words that cause him to blink and eventually he smiles - wide, too. It'd almost be like a chuckle trying to escape his mouth, though kaneki rarely laughs. "Annie told me exactly the same thing, you know?" the tendril seems to relax a bit as Kaneki pulls his hand away from it.
"I think... insanity isn't about recognizing it or not. It's just... amplification of the self. How you see the world and suddenly it all becomes louder for no reason. Some admit to it, some don't." Kaneki is still smiling, as if he isn't talking about himself. "I told Annie I think becoming insane can be an appropriate response to reality. People go crazy, not because they are crazy, but because it's the best available option at the time. It was the only appropriate response I had to it."
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Kaneki's kagune moves further, this time rising from the table it's resting on when Kaneki reaches to touch it. It doesn't wrap around his arm, but it twists in response to Ken's own mind - he should put it away, but Will seems interested in it. ~It makes no difference to Kaneki to have it out, neither he minds the curious gaze and touches, so he will allow it like this for a while longer.
He doesn't answer the first question, mostly because he doesn't know how to answer it. Kaneki has been tortured and he thinks that drove him insane too; did he want power because he was mad? And that power in turn made it worse? He doesn't know. All he ever did was to protect the people he loves, he assumed this was the best course of action, without truly knowing what it could entail in the end. Was he mad for it, or was he mad because of it? He never thought there was a difference.
But it's Will's next words that cause him to blink and eventually he smiles - wide, too. It'd almost be like a chuckle trying to escape his mouth, though kaneki rarely laughs. "Annie told me exactly the same thing, you know?" the tendril seems to relax a bit as Kaneki pulls his hand away from it.
"I think... insanity isn't about recognizing it or not. It's just... amplification of the self. How you see the world and suddenly it all becomes louder for no reason. Some admit to it, some don't." Kaneki is still smiling, as if he isn't talking about himself. "I told Annie I think becoming insane can be an appropriate response to reality. People go crazy, not because they are crazy, but because it's the best available option at the time. It was the only appropriate response I had to it."