turboheaven: Mizu

[smokeandglasses]

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[smokeandglasses]

[It isn't until when he hears Mizu say that that he realizes that it really doesn't make a difference at all.]

...no, it doesn't. Regardless of the outcome, we decided they they were guilty anyway.

['they' being Jing Yuan, Hawke, and Neverah.]

[purities]

Yes.

Do you regret them? Your votes?

[smokeandglasses]

Not really. If I murder anyone Concord would never forgive me, and if I refuse to vote the punishment might be too high to handle. So, voting is the path of least resistance to survival. It's not just my life that I'm responsible for, so I have to work hard to both save Concord and do it in a way that he wouldn't hate me for.

[purities]

Concord...?

[smokeandglasses]

[Well. Su Warner had told him to be more open. So.]

Our lives are connected through some ancient magic nonsense. Our hearts beat as one, our fates are sealed, that sort of thing. I died because he received a fatal injury. So, he should come back to life when I do as well. That kind of old magic doesn't go away in death.

[purities]

Is that something that was confirmed to you?

[smokeandglasses]

[He did not confirm it, no.]

I asked the angels about something related to my world and they didn't understand it. So I don't think they would know about ancient magic from my world. But it feels like it's true to me regardless.

[purities]

Ah. So it's hopeful thinking at best.

[smokeandglasses]

Even if it is, hopeful thinking does tend to yield better results.

[Ali might not be keeping his murderhands so still if not for Concord's influence over him.]

[purities]

Does it?

[smokeandglasses]

[He shrugs.]

It does for me. I would understand if it doesn't work for everyone though.

[purities]

It doesn't. It's good you understand that.

[smokeandglasses]

[He goes quiet here, and just watches the tide roll over their feet and back. He stays like this for a while, before speaking a little quieter than before.]

Do you think we'll see them all again? Su Warner and the rest.

[purities]

Yes. What's lost can still be found. But until then, we must endure.

[smokeandglasses]

Right, we must.

[He falls quiet here, not knowing what else to say. Maybe quiet on its own is enough.]

[purities]

[silence is nice... and at least the beach is pretty. mizu isn't very talkative even on a good day, so i guess they can stand here and quietly appreciate the sea together.]