Hythlodaeus ([personal profile] weenwoon) wrote 2021-02-14 09:22 am (UTC)

...I am sorry you had to endure death there, too.

[He exhales quietly.]

...but I will admit that--it was the much more merciful death for me.

[It dawns on Levity that maybe he wants to talk about it, just a little, with someone who can understand. He takes a sip of his tea slowly, trying to gather his thoughts.]

I... I have to confess that while I found it hard to face--most aspects of it, really... I know that it was easier on me than it would have been on others. At least, until--until that room...

[He falls silent for a bit, then shakes his head to chase away the remembrance.]

And yet that, too, is unpleasant. There was... another place I visited, that... I am certain that if I had been anyone else, I would go through some... terrible things, likely. Yet that was not the case for me.

[...]

Maybe that's--that's why--I thought it would...

[Levity trails off, staring at the floor. He looks miserable.]

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