daigo

[sacredpath]

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week 3; saturday

[sacredpath]

[well, she'll come into the prison, fists clenched at her side.]

Will you at least do me the courtesy of explaining?

[ugghh]

There's nothing I can say to you that'll make it better.

[ his tone is pretty even keel as he says this. practiced. ]

[sacredpath]

You think I don't fucking know that?

[her tone is scathing in response, filled with hurt and anger.]

You can't make it better, but if you're choosing to leave me without any answers, at least do me the courtesy of not pretending you're doing that as a favor.

[ugghh]

It's not. There's not way for me to make it up to you, that's just a fact.

[ ... ]

Then let's just cut to the chase. You want me to tell you something specific. Otherwise I can bullshit you and this isn't going to be what either of us want.

[sacredpath]

Fair enough.

[she thinks about what she wants to know.]

Was it for an apple?

[ugghh]

Yes.

[sacredpath]

[lmao.]

And why did you choose her?

[ugghh]

[ he hesitates ]

There's no real reason. Wrong place, wrong time. I was awake, and so was she.

[sacredpath]

[he was right, hearing this didn't really help, but she needed to, anyway. taking a heavy breath.]

She even had a nice thing to say about you in her book, and you're nothing but a miserable worm. I hope that hurt.

[ugghh]

[ he doesn't outwardly react - not much - but his default state is pretty miserable as it is.

she isn't wrong. ]

I'll make my amends with her when I eventually see her again.

[ ... ]

You know, it could have been worse. Look at what happened to Zhongli-san.

[sacredpath]

[oh, this really pisses her off.]

Yes, how chivalrous you are, drowning her instead of frying her like a corndog.

[ugghh]

I'm not so arrogant to believe I'm a good person for doing it that way.

But it is better than treating her like a piece of meat.

[sacredpath]

The person who killed Zhongli is out of their mind, afflicted with madness. You chose to do this. Tell yourself whatever you like about the methods, but I promise you that her life was worth far more than whatever you wanted to trade it for.

[ugghh]

I'm not going to argue with you on that.

I disagree, but I'm not going to argue.

[sacredpath]

Fair enough, it couldn't be more obvious how little her life was worth to you. So, I suppose that's all we have to discuss.

[ugghh]

Then I suppose that's the end of it. Don't let me keep you.

[ he cants his head forward in a bow. goodbye. ]

[sacredpath]

[yeah. she'll go.]