remember that you can't save everyone
remember that you have to try
“I think it is fine as long as they are different mistakes,” an offering with an arch of his brow, striving to place humor in between the walls coming down, the confusion, the turmoil. Ru might not have necessarily been at a crossroads, but she seemed to be meandering down a foreign, unknown path. Trusting her instincts had gotten her through potency and peril, and then more impulsive gestures that ended up marred in thorns. Nothing that wasn’t eventually overcome, but the pain layered within could justify it not being worth the strife. Sighing, he speared a few more spiders before turning his gaze back to the Valkyrie. “Does he just intend to be a thief?” Once, that might’ve been a lofty goal for a different world – this one had more to offer. “I suppose it comes down to if he interests you. Do you enjoy spending time with him?” Simplistic to start, perhaps, but Hotaru had been known to seek company not even worth her while. “Nor do I think you are to blame.” They were all scarred, marred, wounded, and traumatized in some manner – but it didn’t make her so broken and splintered, fractured and forlorn, to not seek another who didn’t inspire dramatics and heartache.
Hence why the notions of Sunjata still spurned him into grudges and grievances, a lifetime of resentments and rancor to expel upon the Flood. And while she might have put some hope into the fool, Deimos figured he’d had enough chances and opportunities in this life, and ended up somehow scorching through all of them. “Can you promise me that you will be careful?” With herself, this time?
out for vengeance
DEIMOS
