( he wouldn't have, for a long time. now, he hesitates in turn. )
And don't drop me. The only reason I survived last time was because the burial grounds caught me. Lowered me down, ah.
( said softly, studiously light, as if it doesn't matter. as if he didn't clearly remember. as if sheer resentment hadn't been the only thing to keep him alive. sheer tortured resentment from those countless souls left murdered and worse in that land.
no, between that and the arrogance of every person telling him he was less to not practise the arts he no longer had the internal forces for, for his own aching awareness, for the lack of true regret in why... no. for a long time, he never would have wanted someone else's gift, someone's pity, in sword flight. )
no subject
( he wouldn't have, for a long time. now, he hesitates in turn. )
And don't drop me. The only reason I survived last time was because the burial grounds caught me. Lowered me down, ah.
( said softly, studiously light, as if it doesn't matter. as if he didn't clearly remember. as if sheer resentment hadn't been the only thing to keep him alive. sheer tortured resentment from those countless souls left murdered and worse in that land.
no, between that and the arrogance of every person telling him he was less to not practise the arts he no longer had the internal forces for, for his own aching awareness, for the lack of true regret in why... no. for a long time, he never would have wanted someone else's gift, someone's pity, in sword flight. )