I'm way too exhausted so this is a condensed version of what I would've wanted to write.
Sasuke can't allow himself to get closer to Kakashi and Sakura now. That's the main thing. He hates himself for everything he's done but at the same time he doesn't regret anything of it. So he's accepted that he went insane and what he did, but he also understands that he had no other choice! He is also in constant conflict with allowing himself to still care about people instead of shutting them out in order to become stronger, because he remembers years of doing that during his training with Orochimaru so it's like trying to get out of a terrible habit. IT'S EASIER TO SHUT EVERYTHING OUT, and only focus on what he wants. That's also a big part of it.
But his self-hatred is so deep right now that he honestly doesn't give a shit about giving an option to Sakura and he will be very insistent on cutting her off from his life. Same with Kakashi, which is why hew gave him his memory. HE WANTS KAKASHI TO GIVE UP ON HIM. He knows it's more likely that he will, considering he barely remembers anything right now. Sakura is harder. But he cares. More than he's willing to admit.
LIGHTING WAS . . . INTERESTING? I reverse nearly everything you said, actually. He can tolerate her and she seems to be focused on the things that are important, which is important if you want Sasuke to even consider you exist. She is also Emerald, even if he dislikes the team most of the time, but that gives him more tolerance to deal with people since he always need to know what kind of people they are. He lacked a deep reason to give him the sword, just that she needed it and he didn't.
Lighting's impressions on Emerald or the Personae?
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Sasuke can't allow himself to get closer to Kakashi and Sakura now. That's the main thing. He hates himself for everything he's done but at the same time he doesn't regret anything of it. So he's accepted that he went insane and what he did, but he also understands that he had no other choice! He is also in constant conflict with allowing himself to still care about people instead of shutting them out in order to become stronger, because he remembers years of doing that during his training with Orochimaru so it's like trying to get out of a terrible habit. IT'S EASIER TO SHUT EVERYTHING OUT, and only focus on what he wants. That's also a big part of it.
But his self-hatred is so deep right now that he honestly doesn't give a shit about giving an option to Sakura and he will be very insistent on cutting her off from his life. Same with Kakashi, which is why hew gave him his memory. HE WANTS KAKASHI TO GIVE UP ON HIM. He knows it's more likely that he will, considering he barely remembers anything right now. Sakura is harder. But he cares. More than he's willing to admit.
LIGHTING WAS . . . INTERESTING? I reverse nearly everything you said, actually. He can tolerate her and she seems to be focused on the things that are important, which is important if you want Sasuke to even consider you exist. She is also Emerald, even if he dislikes the team most of the time, but that gives him more tolerance to deal with people since he always need to know what kind of people they are. He lacked a deep reason to give him the sword, just that she needed it and he didn't.
Lighting's impressions on Emerald or the Personae?