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[sacredpath]

One of last week's memories...?

[or no, something else, some other crazy thing?]

[faithkept]

[Surely not some other crazy thing!]

I assume it must be something like that. It's the strangest thing... Sometimes these mirrors will show me things that have certainly never happened to me before, and others times they show things like this, where parts are similar, but not the whole of it.

[sacredpath]

[she just believes him, why wouldn't she. concerned...]

What do you remember happening, then?

[faithkept]

[He just kind of pauses for a second, because there is still violence, which he regrets having to share, but.]

I did kill my parents. But they were in direct pursuit of my sister and myself, and the orphanage that sheltered us was at risk because of it.

[sacredpath]

[girl she will never judge a little murder if the person being murdered was an asshole who deserved it.]

...That does sound very different - of course you'd protect your sister from that. [don't even WORRY about murdering for that.] This was almost as though you were disagreeing on some sort of mission.

[faithkept]

[He also wouldn't judge a little murder for good reason but SOMETIMES... Sometimes you don't like admitting you supermurdered your parents, even if they were insane.]

My father was very obsessed with notions he's had in his head for quite a long time, that much is also true... [RELIVERS!!!] We clashed over many points before I left with Nadia.

[sacredpath]

[she's still assuming this is a remnant from the week before, but - ]

If this was the world you were living in, instead of the one you remember, what would that mean to you? What would it change?

[faithkept]

[He's quiet, glancing at the mirrors for a second.]

...I suppose not much would change, ultimately, in the sense that it seems Nadia's life is always in peril, and I would never stand to let it be so.

[sacredpath]

[softening at that.]

Of course. She's your family. [she barely knows what to make of family, but they're not meant to be like that. they're meant to be loving, protective, kind.]

[faithkept]

[It's a softness and a sentiment that really seems to touch him, and he rests a hand over his heart.]

She is. I love Nadia very, very dearly... There isn't anything in this world- [A brief glance toward the mirror.] -or any that I wouldn't do to ensure her safety and happiness. I wouldn't be able to call myself a very good elder brother, otherwise.

[sacredpath]

[she purely finds this incredibly sweet, even if maybe she should be slightly concerned.]

I've always felt a little jealous, of those who have siblings like that. She is quite lucky to have you.

[faithkept]

[He's just smiling with his normal affections that would not supermurder a person.]

I'm the one who's lucky, really... If I could share this fortune with the world, I would gladly do so.

[Part of him wonders if Shadowheart did have siblings like that, once upon a time, but he leaves it quiet.]

[sacredpath]

...Do you regret it? What happened with your mother and father?

[she doesn't know what to think about it, but she does strongly feel as though the concept of family itself is not so important as it is the love of one.]

[faithkept]

[There's a little bit of hesitation, but he shakes his head.]

If I were to regret that, it would be like regretting that Nadia is still able to live as herself today.

[sacredpath]

I'm not sure it would be. I think you can regret something even if you wouldn't want to change the outcome.

[faithkept]

...Well, I do agree with that at large, I suppose. Ultimately, I would have preferred not to. Nadia deserved to grow up with loving parents and a healthy body.

[Unfortunately, Relivers are insane.]

I don't know that I would call it regret, though.

[sacredpath]

Maybe not. It sounds as though it was the world that took that life from her.

[even if he had done something different, would it have given her the things she deserved?]

[faithkept]

It was very unkind to her. It feels as though it's always the children who suffer...

[It's part of why he gets so ridiculously upset when he sees things like Shadowheart's own memories. Children are innocent and yet they always suffer.]

...Shall we find our way out of here? Before the glass decides it isn't done with its cruel little games.

[sacredpath]

Yes, let us go.

[let's flee the mirror maze...]