REMI
the alchemist
Walk me home in the dead of night,
'Cause I can't be alone with all that's on my mind
'Cause I can't be alone with all that's on my mind
Only Ronin had seen how truly changed the Alchemist was. How darkened whatever scrap of soul Ludo had left him with. Had anyone else stood before him, they'd have been discarded easily. It was as Remi said: No one needed him here, he had no responsibilities that couldn't be filled equally well by someone else. Remi had was under no illusion that his position as governor was circumstantial and context-dependent. He wasn't special or unique, just as he was no longer useful to others now that Ludo had dismantled the parts of him that once proved so full of utility to those around him.
But to shove Vai aside now, would be to have truly changed. Would be to truly put Ronin above all and everyone else. Standing there, basked in firelight with sea-glass eyes bearing into the witch's such as they'd never done before, Remi could see himself shoving her aside. He could hear her muffled gasp of surprise and the sound her body would make hitting the sand. He could judge, even, how far she'd be able to turn to see him, before he disappeared entirely into the portal and away.
"Vai..." Remi mumbled, taking a step forward, eliminating the space between them. But his voice was soft now, broken. "How could I have let him go alone?" The Alchemist asked, weary and small and hating himself for having the audacity and short-sightedness to let Ronin face his demons alone. "I don't care about Torchline...not the way I care about him...but I'm here, and he's...he's....." Glancing numbly at the ring pulsing out Ronin's unsteady heartbeat on his finger, the Alchemist let loose a strangled sob as he pitched forward into Vai's arms.
But to shove Vai aside now, would be to have truly changed. Would be to truly put Ronin above all and everyone else. Standing there, basked in firelight with sea-glass eyes bearing into the witch's such as they'd never done before, Remi could see himself shoving her aside. He could hear her muffled gasp of surprise and the sound her body would make hitting the sand. He could judge, even, how far she'd be able to turn to see him, before he disappeared entirely into the portal and away.
"Vai..." Remi mumbled, taking a step forward, eliminating the space between them. But his voice was soft now, broken. "How could I have let him go alone?" The Alchemist asked, weary and small and hating himself for having the audacity and short-sightedness to let Ronin face his demons alone. "I don't care about Torchline...not the way I care about him...but I'm here, and he's...he's....." Glancing numbly at the ring pulsing out Ronin's unsteady heartbeat on his finger, the Alchemist let loose a strangled sob as he pitched forward into Vai's arms.
So say you'll stay with me tonight.
'Cause there is so much wrong going on outside
'Cause there is so much wrong going on outside
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.
