giving me a million reasons

REMI

the alchemist

I've said that hope I'll never find
To my myself I must confide

Remi's silence speaks as loudly as the raising of his brow might. Those who'd clean their hands don't normally keep quite so many secrets. But, Amalia is entitled to as much slack as she requests.

Remi snorts sadly to hear this: the best she can. And what is that? Were it everything and then some, if it wasn't enough? So what of her intentions. "Where is Ludo in all of this, for you?" He asks, glancing at her through eyes that see past the storms in hers. Or at least, can somehow ignore them. "You'd perhaps be faulted for trusting my judgement. But as governor and demigod...I think perhaps that's a relatively easy burden to unload yourself of." But that justifications could come easily didn't necessarily mean they should.

Watching her partially shift and understanding well the emotions that lead to it, Remi turns his eyes towards the coast. "I'm here to blame, if ever you need it. To scapegoat or...well." His shoulders shrug. "I can keep a secret."

That there's no choice outside your mind
when your heart is overthrown

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