[ His shoulders tense. His fingers dig into the top of the stone wall. ]
We weren't going to sacrifice all of it!
[ He doesn't need to be told this again. He doesn't want to hear it. Always having to justify the decision, always having to defend it. How do any of them know how HE felt, knowing it was possible and yet having it snatched from his grasp? Death is not final to his people and he's sick and tired of all of them judging him by THEIR standards--
Exactly how he had judged them.
Taking a deep breath, he crosses his arms atop the low wall and leans against it, staring downwards now. The Capitol dominates their immediate view, being so close to the Akademia they stand on top of. ]
Hythlodaeus gave himself to Zodiark amongst the first sacrifices. Death is not-- WAS not final for our people. I could see them all, collected in His breast. If you knew, for a fact, that they weren't truly gone, wouldn't you have done the same?
[ He presses his lips into a tight line and turns partially to look at Hijikata. ]
Not that it mattered, in the end. You should ask a woman named Venat for the remainder of the story. I don't feel inclined to justify her genocide of our people.
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We weren't going to sacrifice all of it!
[ He doesn't need to be told this again. He doesn't want to hear it. Always having to justify the decision, always having to defend it. How do any of them know how HE felt, knowing it was possible and yet having it snatched from his grasp? Death is not final to his people and he's sick and tired of all of them judging him by THEIR standards--
Exactly how he had judged them.
Taking a deep breath, he crosses his arms atop the low wall and leans against it, staring downwards now. The Capitol dominates their immediate view, being so close to the Akademia they stand on top of. ]
Hythlodaeus gave himself to Zodiark amongst the first sacrifices. Death is not-- WAS not final for our people. I could see them all, collected in His breast. If you knew, for a fact, that they weren't truly gone, wouldn't you have done the same?
[ He presses his lips into a tight line and turns partially to look at Hijikata. ]
Not that it mattered, in the end. You should ask a woman named Venat for the remainder of the story. I don't feel inclined to justify her genocide of our people.