REMI
the lullaby
Every now and then the things
I lean on lose their meaning
I lean on lose their meaning
Flap his wings he does. Remi has no fear for what is to come. Though there is surely some bending of rules that would allow Vi to kill him, the Lullaby doesn't fear dying. But if this is how he goes, struck down for his disrespect without Ronin around to temper his tongue, so be it.
Though that's exactly why he's here, after all.
Vi's address of him doesn't invite contradiction much as Remi might once have liked to argue.
There, amidst galaxies and light, with Vi seated upon a cloud (he's helpless to think of Ronin, not that he could ever block out thoughts of the Star), the Lullaby spreads his fingers and raises his eyes.
"Safrin has stripped Ronin of his powers." He begins, his voice even, green eyes clear. "If the why of it matters, I'll tell you. I thought the most dangerous thing would be for the world to have one less demigod in it, to protect it during LongNight. I thought the timing of it was perhaps the most problematic. And had it been after...that his reparations could be made in his own time." Remi's cheeks are splotches of colour now, but his voice doesn't shake. "But I was wrong."
Remi looks down at his palms as if expecting them to be covered in blood.
"I am the thing that makes it dangerous to have one less demigod." Remi whispers as tears scour the back of his eyes. "I'm unmatched in strength, but for Ronin. I can lock the world into dreams from which they can't awake. I can kill but can't be stopped. I'm immortal, save for those I love and who love me...and that is a list that is rapidly shrinking." Pausing, the alchemist raises his eyes. "The world isn't safe with me in it, without Ronin."
Though that's exactly why he's here, after all.
Vi's address of him doesn't invite contradiction much as Remi might once have liked to argue.
There, amidst galaxies and light, with Vi seated upon a cloud (he's helpless to think of Ronin, not that he could ever block out thoughts of the Star), the Lullaby spreads his fingers and raises his eyes.
"Safrin has stripped Ronin of his powers." He begins, his voice even, green eyes clear. "If the why of it matters, I'll tell you. I thought the most dangerous thing would be for the world to have one less demigod in it, to protect it during LongNight. I thought the timing of it was perhaps the most problematic. And had it been after...that his reparations could be made in his own time." Remi's cheeks are splotches of colour now, but his voice doesn't shake. "But I was wrong."
Remi looks down at his palms as if expecting them to be covered in blood.
"I am the thing that makes it dangerous to have one less demigod." Remi whispers as tears scour the back of his eyes. "I'm unmatched in strength, but for Ronin. I can lock the world into dreams from which they can't awake. I can kill but can't be stopped. I'm immortal, save for those I love and who love me...and that is a list that is rapidly shrinking." Pausing, the alchemist raises his eyes. "The world isn't safe with me in it, without Ronin."
And I find myself careening in places
where I should not let me go
where I should not let me go
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.
