[Strength and unrelenting tenacity are two very different things. Akechi had little care for what happened to him in the Metaverse-- he could just heal and there would be no ill effects once he left again. He could just leave and go back another time, and wounds inflicted within would typically not follow him out. If they did, they were never half as severe as they were within. It hadn't been his best moments, but he would argue he wasn't stronger than Joker, just less bothered by things that might slow him down.]
[He didn't have a team to keep in mind the entire time, so he'd never really bothered with prioritizing safety.]
[Even now, he struggled to focus on the fact that he needed to not fuck up and get hurt. That was more for Akira's sake than his own, so he tried to keep the thought present in his mind despite the dull thrum of power from Loki tempting him to act up. He hummed around it, pausing and looking at his feet. Underground...]
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[He didn't have a team to keep in mind the entire time, so he'd never really bothered with prioritizing safety.]
[Even now, he struggled to focus on the fact that he needed to not fuck up and get hurt. That was more for Akira's sake than his own, so he tried to keep the thought present in his mind despite the dull thrum of power from Loki tempting him to act up. He hummed around it, pausing and looking at his feet. Underground...]
Sewers, you think?