[almost a little teasing with it. not quite, just - she did understand that the emotion here was sorrow at losing someone he cared for.]
And how unfair it is. Though the benefit here, perhaps, is that we are not left to simply curse the senselessness and meaningless of the universe. This wasn't randomness, this was something else, and it hurt her on purpose.
She doesn't think she's done anything wrong. She finds this unjust. And it is, really. [ a beat. ] I'm sorry I could not bring myself to help accuse her, even when I knew it was her.
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Date: 2025-03-02 02:47 pm (UTC)[almost a little teasing with it. not quite, just - she did understand that the emotion here was sorrow at losing someone he cared for.]
And how unfair it is. Though the benefit here, perhaps, is that we are not left to simply curse the senselessness and meaningless of the universe. This wasn't randomness, this was something else, and it hurt her on purpose.
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Date: 2025-03-02 04:09 pm (UTC)[ ... ]
She doesn't think she's done anything wrong. She finds this unjust. And it is, really. [ a beat. ] I'm sorry I could not bring myself to help accuse her, even when I knew it was her.
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Date: 2025-03-02 05:32 pm (UTC)[it would be a lot to expect.]
Caring about someone and wanting to protect them is not something to be sorry for.
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Date: 2025-03-02 08:43 pm (UTC)[ he says, finally. and he glances at her. and then, like he's really trying to be a person by joking: ]
Some of you more than others.
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Date: 2025-03-02 09:25 pm (UTC)[he can't really pretend he isn't hurt particularly by some people.]
But some of us are awful, so it makes sense.
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Date: 2025-03-02 10:50 pm (UTC)[ genuinely. ]
Thank you, Shadowheart. For checking on me.
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Date: 2025-03-03 04:04 am (UTC)