HARPER
Even as she tells him more, he never wavers. Stroking her cheeks gently until it's clear she has spoken her piece for now. Only then does he respond, to give her the respect to think over what he wants to say. "I've seen people do many terrible things when they're young and foolish. Even more terrible things when they are desperate; for love, for family, for power. But that doesn't make them - or you - bad people. It makes you human." Sighing he brings her closer, letting her choose whether to keep his gaze or hide away, whatever makes her more comfortable.
"You lost your twin at a young age. Your parents abandoned you. I don't blame that little girl for getting attached to the first person - god or not - who showed her any bit of attention. It may have been a bad choice, but we all make bad choices. It's knowing they were wrong and wanting to atone that makes us good people beyond those mistakes." Harper will always value wanting to do better, to do good, over past choices that people grow beyond. Even ones as deep and scarring as hers. "He got another chance. He may have died, but even a single day alive once more, free again - it would have been a gift." Not that he knows Ru'in personally - or ever will. But he can assume.
"You lost your twin at a young age. Your parents abandoned you. I don't blame that little girl for getting attached to the first person - god or not - who showed her any bit of attention. It may have been a bad choice, but we all make bad choices. It's knowing they were wrong and wanting to atone that makes us good people beyond those mistakes." Harper will always value wanting to do better, to do good, over past choices that people grow beyond. Even ones as deep and scarring as hers. "He got another chance. He may have died, but even a single day alive once more, free again - it would have been a gift." Not that he knows Ru'in personally - or ever will. But he can assume.
this is your ocean, an ocean of night
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