REMI
Remi listens, his expression softening in a way that has nothing to do with pity and everything to do with understanding. He’s seen enough grief, enough longing, to recognize the shape of it when it lingers in someone’s voice. At her last words, his lips twitch slightly, something wry but not unkind crossing his face. "Mort would never want anything," he confirms, voice quiet but certain. "That’s not who he is." His fingers flex slightly before settling against his side. "But if you want to honour him, to give something in return, then love is the only thing that matters."
He tilts his head slightly, watching her. "That’s all Mort is, in the end. Love. If you ever see him with Vi, you’ll understand. It’s... obvious, in everything they do. But even beyond that—everything Mort does, everything he is, is about caring for those who come to him. Not just welcoming them, but holding them, guiding them." His seaglass eyes flicker, a quiet weight settling behind them. "He carries the weight of all the love that lingers after someone is gone. And he never lets it fade." No part of the Bastion is keen to see Mort's halls for himself, but he knows when he does eventually find himself there, it will ease the weight of having arrived before Ronin, if that should be his fate.
There’s a pause before he exhales, shaking his head slightly. "If you are going to bring your companion back...there is a woman in Torchline you might be interested in speaking to. Her name is Isla Lockwood and she...was a companion for a time, and was killed as one before being brought back." It was likely worth mentioning that Remi was the reason she'd been made into a companion in the first place and also the cause of her death (the second time), but for the moment he chose to keep that to himself.
He tilts his head slightly, watching her. "That’s all Mort is, in the end. Love. If you ever see him with Vi, you’ll understand. It’s... obvious, in everything they do. But even beyond that—everything Mort does, everything he is, is about caring for those who come to him. Not just welcoming them, but holding them, guiding them." His seaglass eyes flicker, a quiet weight settling behind them. "He carries the weight of all the love that lingers after someone is gone. And he never lets it fade." No part of the Bastion is keen to see Mort's halls for himself, but he knows when he does eventually find himself there, it will ease the weight of having arrived before Ronin, if that should be his fate.
There’s a pause before he exhales, shaking his head slightly. "If you are going to bring your companion back...there is a woman in Torchline you might be interested in speaking to. Her name is Isla Lockwood and she...was a companion for a time, and was killed as one before being brought back." It was likely worth mentioning that Remi was the reason she'd been made into a companion in the first place and also the cause of her death (the second time), but for the moment he chose to keep that to himself.
Who are you? They ask. Death?
Sometimes... I say. But not today
Sometimes... I say. But not today
Speaks with a thick Italian accent.
Force and magic can be used against Remi without permission.
Force and magic can be used against Remi without permission.
