Isla
It does sound simple enough, and practical - which is precisely why it isn’t, once Isla looks at it too closely. Ascended don’t tend to get hurt by proxy, and asking her brothers and sisters can I cut you so I can see what happens doesn’t earn you many friends. It earns you more than can I cut out a bit of your skull to take a peek inside but either way. Not as easy as it looks. Only Nate does make it look easy, and his I volunteer sparks equal parts joy and horror in her.
Because Isla knows he can’t possibly consent to this. Right? Right. Surely not. ”Nate, I’d have to remove a section of your skull, I - I don’t think a haircut is going to save you at that point,” she says hesitantly, because he has still volunteered whether she likes it or not. ”Are you sure? What about Sunjata - this could be dangerous.”
Because Isla knows he can’t possibly consent to this. Right? Right. Surely not. ”Nate, I’d have to remove a section of your skull, I - I don’t think a haircut is going to save you at that point,” she says hesitantly, because he has still volunteered whether she likes it or not. ”Are you sure? What about Sunjata - this could be dangerous.”
sooner or later, we all have to wake
and try forgetting everything
and try forgetting everything
