'Cause they took your loved ones
But returned them in exchange for you
But returned them in exchange for you
Love - or the pursuit of it, anyway - was something that blossomed over time, often where one least expected it. Whether it was what Zavien felt for Soh or not, the concept remained the same: caring for one person didn't diminish one's feelings for another. For Liam, his wife had been his first love, the person he'd gone to school with and grown alongside. Loving her had been natural, had been easy, had been everything he'd ever dreamed of. Loving Maea was different. It had snuck up on him, taken him by surprise - and yet, looking back, it made perfect sense. She'd completed him in a way that he didn't know if his late wife would have, because he wasn't the same person now that he had been then.
And that didn't make loving either of them wrong. It just made it... complicated, when one considered the guilt that came with it.
Liam waved a hand dismissively. "No, no - sorry, I didn't mean to be so... all I mean is, there may not be a reason you didn't seek her out. Or maybe there is, and you're just not ready to face it." He drummed his fingers on the table. If he was being honest... "When my family died, I didn't even think about trying to contact them. I guess I'd always been taught that Mort's halls were peaceful and final. Even if I'd known that seeing them was an option... what would have been the point, other than to disturb them just to assuage my own guilt? Not saying that's what you're thinking, but..." He trailed off, feeling as though he was making things worse for Zavien rather than better. "Point is, what is it that you want to say to her, or get in return?"
And that didn't make loving either of them wrong. It just made it... complicated, when one considered the guilt that came with it.
Liam waved a hand dismissively. "No, no - sorry, I didn't mean to be so... all I mean is, there may not be a reason you didn't seek her out. Or maybe there is, and you're just not ready to face it." He drummed his fingers on the table. If he was being honest... "When my family died, I didn't even think about trying to contact them. I guess I'd always been taught that Mort's halls were peaceful and final. Even if I'd known that seeing them was an option... what would have been the point, other than to disturb them just to assuage my own guilt? Not saying that's what you're thinking, but..." He trailed off, feeling as though he was making things worse for Zavien rather than better. "Point is, what is it that you want to say to her, or get in return?"
But would you have it any other way?
You couldn't have it any other way
You couldn't have it any other way
Liam
Minor powerplay allowed without permission.
Feel free to use force/magic on Liam.
Feel free to use force/magic on Liam.
