I get knocked down, but I get up again
"Neither do I." Laughing, Loren shook his head at the potentially inadvertent echo of when he'd Attuned, when Frey had told him to fight and to keep fighting. Biting his lip, he nodded when the Voice brought up the point about respect, or rather the lack thereof.
Then she laid out the choice before him clearly: Ascension, true Ascension, with all that it entailed. He swallowed, mouth suddenly dry. Looking away from her, he felt his fingers drumming a beat against his thigh and his foot tapping, nervous habits he'd picked up through a lifetime of pain that she was offering to free him from.
He didn't respond, not right away, not for a while. When he finally did, he sighed. "Could I...could I have some time to think it over? If I promise to support you and the Ascended in the meantime?" He ran both hands through his hair, still staring at a point on the floor.
Because he wasn't sure they wanted the same things.
Then she laid out the choice before him clearly: Ascension, true Ascension, with all that it entailed. He swallowed, mouth suddenly dry. Looking away from her, he felt his fingers drumming a beat against his thigh and his foot tapping, nervous habits he'd picked up through a lifetime of pain that she was offering to free him from.
He didn't respond, not right away, not for a while. When he finally did, he sighed. "Could I...could I have some time to think it over? If I promise to support you and the Ascended in the meantime?" He ran both hands through his hair, still staring at a point on the floor.
Because he wasn't sure they wanted the same things.
you're never gonna keep me down
Loren
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