QUASIPLATONICROMANTIC NOT-MESS

[chanteuser]

i'm still wheezing y'all

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[arkitect]

And if it does not work, then what recourse will we have left to us anyway? If none can be saved, then what will it all have been worth to you, Hansa?

I understand well enough when concessions must be made for the sake of the whole.

[if anyone went behind his back to do this, however, he might just kill them over that.]

[robopriest]

...

[He just puts his head in his hands and sighs.]

I know that too, Emet-Selch. I mean...if it's our only option...

[But he hates it, all the same.]

[arkitect]

[...he sets a hand on hansa's shoulder.]

My people gave of themselves believing in the purpose for which they offered their lives. In the rest of us, for our ability to see it through.

[hey guess who has NO idea how reassuring this isn't.]

There are-- times where it is necessary to place the path forward in others' hands, and there are times it is necessary for those given that burden to carry it in their place.

[robopriest]

[Yeah. Maybe weeks ago, he would've offered his own words. Said something about the Lord, and how great sacrifice is necessary. To die for other's sins, to do something for the many.]

[But of course, he has nothing now. No words to fall back on. Just him, and his emotions.]

I understand.

[He says, after a long moment. Sure, he hates hearing all of that, especially from Emet, of all people. He saw the end. Sacrifice in the end for him was...]

[He frowns, but he raises a hand to place over the other's. He won't go into it, now. He can't.]

I just wish I could do something to make sure that path others are taking isn't in vain.

[arkitect]

[this is one of the instances where he'll give a little more-- his fingers curl around hansa's.]

All we can do is what we have already done thus far. We must continue.