[God Quest] that's the story to tell

if i let go, would you hold on, would we fly?

is it safer if we just say that we tried?

He should’ve expected this, yet nothing of the sort had occurred to him. Amalia had offered Jyoti at first, imagining that something alive would work just as well, offered herself for that portion, and it had made sense to him too. But here? With Safrin’s surprise and the words of baking and using all the ingredients, implying that they’d have to sacrifice Amalia for the cause seems so far against what Life was all about.

All he can think is that he hasn’t thought this through at all, had taken Amalia’s suggestion of using herself and thinking nothing of it. He should have known better.

His jaw clenches and he looks away from Safrin, looking to anywhere but her and Amalia and Deimos. “I thought perhaps her help would be enough, we didn’t consider it being a sacrifice.” And they hadn’t, because it was for life. He exhales sharply, shaking his head. “We can come back with something else.” Because he’s not here to sacrifice anyone else, already too much blood had been spilled in his life. That and he’s sure he wouldn’t live through it should he accept the idea of it anyway.

are we laughing at the danger?

are we dancing after death, you and I?