He holds onto him silently for a little while more, overwhelmed with everything he has to process... and then shakes his head, burrowing deeper into the hug.]
... No. You are Hades. You've changed, but... you're still you. You're not someone else.
[He breathes out shakily, finally starting to relax.]
I'm so glad...
[Taking another breath, he finally pulls back a little, wiping at his eyes.]
I could see the Hades from my memories in you, and sometimes it felt like everything was the same as it had been back then... But then you would act so differently, cold and calculating, and I could no longer tell what was or was not real. Even as my memories came back, they did not seem to match the reality, and it was terrifying to realize that regaining them would not make a difference for us. And you said that you would mislead or hide things from me, so I... I had no idea how to reconcile those different sides of you in my mind. But I think... I can now.
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Re: Day 401
Date: 2021-09-20 06:55 am (UTC)He holds onto him silently for a little while more, overwhelmed with everything he has to process... and then shakes his head, burrowing deeper into the hug.]
... No. You are Hades. You've changed, but... you're still you. You're not someone else.
[He breathes out shakily, finally starting to relax.]
I'm so glad...
[Taking another breath, he finally pulls back a little, wiping at his eyes.]
I could see the Hades from my memories in you, and sometimes it felt like everything was the same as it had been back then... But then you would act so differently, cold and calculating, and I could no longer tell what was or was not real. Even as my memories came back, they did not seem to match the reality, and it was terrifying to realize that regaining them would not make a difference for us. And you said that you would mislead or hide things from me, so I... I had no idea how to reconcile those different sides of you in my mind. But I think... I can now.