While You Stare At The People Smiling And Laughing Around You - Tumblr Posts

The way dokja's expression is unreadable when surrounded by the smiling faces of his companions here... It conveys something so lonely; although he's surrounded by the story he loves - the people he cherishes - he can only ever see himself as an outsider. This wall designed to protect him means he can only ever view the world as a "reader". A distant observer, even when present. And then you realise... That's how it's always been.