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[sacredpath]

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[sacredpath]

But you had his rapier. Do you remember how you came to have his rapier?

[faithkept]

It must have been before I left. Before I left where they were all sleeping...?

[sacredpath]

But you don't remember. And there were marks from Yves' rapier in the place where his body was found.

[faithkept]

[HE JUST KIND OF looks like he zones out for a second, his gaze becoming a little distant and drifting to some point over Shadowheart's shoulder. But it doesn't last very long.]

I don't know why that was the case, or how it could have been.

[sacredpath]

[this hurts so much to watch.]

...I'm not pushing because I want to be cruel. But you have to look at it, Lucas. Eventually, you have to look at it, or it will always haunt you.

[faithkept]

[There is something about this that he seems to deeply and instinctively reel away from, to the point that he rises to stand, though his hands stay clasped together.]

...I would not do harm to my students.

[sacredpath]

[she swallows again. she knows this terror too well to be fully comfortable with it. the horrors of the things that might have been done to you, that you might have done, in the cracks in your knowledge about yourself. she curls her hands in her lap.]

I know you would never want to harm your students.

[faithkept]

[He does seem to ease at that, at least. Most of his outward-manifesting tension is pretty mild regardless, so it's really only visible in the slight slope of his shoulders and the way his folded hands lower just a bit.]

...Yes. And so I never would.

[sacredpath]

I don't think that's how it works here.

[or maybe anywhere, for him.]

But I hope you'll find out what happened to him, and let us know.

[faithkept]

[There's a thin flicker of a hesitant smile, because he logically understands how the affliction works, but just can't apply it to himself. Not when it comes to Yves - never Yves.]

Of course. I'm certain that I will, and I'll be sure to write back as soon as I know it so that you all may rest at ease.

[sacredpath]

[swallowing again, watching him.]

I'm sorry that this happened to you. You didn't deserve this.

[faithkept]

[At this, his smile shifts to something rather peaceful instead, much in the way it was when she first entered and he was in the midst of prayer.]

Please... There isn't any need to offer me such sentiments, though I appreciate the kindness of your heart, always. If even one or two are safe now, then that is enough for me.

[sacredpath]

Alright.

[she will just. let him have this.]

I think they'll all be safe now, no matter what happens.

[faithkept]

[She is truly too kind.]

...Yes. They will be. ...I merely wish it could be said for the rest of you, as well.