[there's not much acknowledgement from blythe to begin with. she sits serenely, knowing very well what this person means, what she's talking about. and then that last statement comes, and she smiles with her thin, cracked lips. there's no teeth, but she still seems primed to pounce, shoulders tense, neck prickling.]
Do you intend to do something about it? [there's no reason to give the entire game away. she keeps her tone level.] Men are only men. Their assets are not armor. They have names. Addresses.
[Ash looks to the ground and considers her answer. She had already striped Mooncake of his power, freed Invictus so he can spread his will across the multiverse. There wasn't much else that Gary, Quinn, or Avacato could do to stop it. ...She could kill them herself, but she thinks to how Little Cato turned away from her. She looks to the ground.]
...I have. I could see it through the end I guess. But that isn't going to give me back what I've lost.
They're already dead. They just don't know it yet.
[blythe nods slowly, but it only begins at "they're already dead". the rest of it is a curiosity she would like to handle with words, indelicate as she may be with them.]
There is never a way to return what has been lost. Time flows in one direction only. [she knows this well. she knows that she has thought about this enough that her Lady will not object to her speaking of it.] Do not regret what has gone. Mourn it as you choose, but leave it to its ultimate death. When you meet it on whatever you consider the other side, it may no longer recognize you, and you will have spent your life chasing something less than a mirage.
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Do you intend to do something about it? [there's no reason to give the entire game away. she keeps her tone level.] Men are only men. Their assets are not armor. They have names. Addresses.
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...I have. I could see it through the end I guess. But that isn't going to give me back what I've lost.
They're already dead. They just don't know it yet.
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There is never a way to return what has been lost. Time flows in one direction only. [she knows this well. she knows that she has thought about this enough that her Lady will not object to her speaking of it.] Do not regret what has gone. Mourn it as you choose, but leave it to its ultimate death. When you meet it on whatever you consider the other side, it may no longer recognize you, and you will have spent your life chasing something less than a mirage.